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12 Pages -- A, a En The 1 aily British Whin Pages 18 ert drei aetretsd YEAR 85: NO. 48 JAPS 10 HELP COSSACK CHIEF Allies Have Decided on Intervention (0 Save Siberia From Enemy. 10 FIGHT BOLSHEVIK! ALLIED TROOPS WILL APPEAR AT EARLY DATE. @ A-------- The Situation in Siberia Is Very Grave-----A General Committee Formed At Harbin And Will Work Under Three Departments. Harbin, Feb. 26.--The Japanese according tc reliable authoritly, in- tend to take action in Siberia at an early date, and there are evidences that the Japanese have long been pre- paring to carry out this move, The situation in Biberia is consid- ered extremely grave, owing to the inability of the Cossack General Sem- enoff, head of the anti-Bolshevik movement in that vast territory, to secure allied support, for which he has appealed to the Japanese. General Semenoff's movement is now officially recognized, and a gen- eral committee has deen formed at Harbin, which /will act as a general staff, divided into three departments --finangiel military and administra- tive. The Russian consul, M. Popoff, has been appointed chairman of the committee, Two thousand Germans have been armed and are drilling at Irkutsk, capital of the government of Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, and, according to an official report received from a for- eign consul, the Germans are making all preparations to bring much larger forces there. FORTY-FOUR ARE RESCUED FROM THE STEAMER FLORIZEL WHICH WENT ASHORE Seventeen Passengers and Twenty- seven of Crew Taken Off by Other Ships--Gallant Rescue Work. St. John's, Nfid., Feb. 26.--Boat' erews from ithe Newfound land] steamer | Prospero, braving breakers which are battering to pieces the wreck of the Red Cross liner Florizel on the ledge north of ICape Race, yesterday took: off 44 survivors, all that were left alive of the ship's company of 186. The death list last night stood at 92. Of the rescued, 17 are pasengers. Only two of the twelve women on hoard ~ and none of the four children were saved. Captain William J. Martin of the Florizel, and Major Michael Sullivan of the Newfoundland Forestry Bat- talfon, who was on his way to rejoin his command in Scotland, among those rescued. Ralph Burn- ham, one of the six cadets of the Royal Flying Corps on the lost steamer, was included among the survivors, The rescus was performed with jreat gallantry. The Florizel was ed on a rock, surrounded by npiied on al ledges, and lay three shiplengths, or 900 feet, from shore. Betwoen her half-submerged hulk and the cliffs which jut from the. water's edge to a height of three or four hundred feet, with no beach to speak of at high tide, the water is white, with an almost unbroken swirl of breakers, making it impos- sible to send out a lifeboat. A de- tachment 'of naval gunners from this' city ni "10. shoot a {ine aboard the.steamer ast night, but those on board were powerless to make it fast, as the forepart of the steamer was continually buffeted. by huge seas, the aftermath of yesterday's blizzard. In the foreeastle, into which the breakers smfished thelr way, and in the fore-rigging, the 44 survivors huddled helplessly. Outside the Tug of surf dine fleet of rescue sishiers, © Prospero, whichyhad been sent by the Govern- ment the scene with special life- saving Apparaiue. By virtue of this © squipment Prospero's crew claimed EN amie of running the breakers and picking off the hapless . Survivoly, : 'were | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, HUMBERT IS CHARGED | WITH TAKING HUN CASH | New York Report Says Sum of $170,000 Held For Him There. New York, Feb. 26. --Further dis- closures in the investigation conduct- ed" here into the activities in Am- erica of Bolo Pasha, under sentence of death in France for treason, were made public to-day, indicating that Charles Humbert, the French Senat- or, who was arrested subsequently to Bolo Pasha's conviction in Paris. had German money amounting to $170,- 000 on deposit in this country. This money was placed with J. P. Morgan and Company here on in- structions of Bolo Pasha, who. ae- cording to the evidence, had it trans- ferred from his own account in the Royal Bank of Canada to Senator Humbert's account with the Morgan firm. AN APPRAL 10 GERMANS. American Suffragist Sent to Switzer land for Propaganda. The Hague, Feb. 26.-- The Frank- furter Zeitung learns from Switzer- land that the well-known American suffragist, Mrs. Norman Whitehouse, has been sent to Switzeriand to ap+ |, peal to the German Socialists and |* suffragists from there. The paper says Mrs. Whitehouse was a guest at the American Embassy in the winter TUESDAY. FEBRUARY FRENCHMEN QUITTING THEIR HOMES DURING BOMBARDMENT § FRENCH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH of 1914, and attended the daily Socialist and suffragist meetings. The paper says Mr. Gerard claims that these acquaintances will be most useful in order to reach the ear: of the German women, but, the paper adds, "the lady may reach the Ger- man womens' ears, but hardly their hearts, and the Socialists will also like her to understand that they cannot be reached by Wilsonian pro- paganda.' ANOTHER RAIDER REACHES PORT The Wolf Slips Into Pola in Adriatic After Successful Voyage. HARASSED MANY VESSELS AND 1S GIVEN CREDIT FOR DES- TROYING ELEVEN. TO HAV E BIG C AMPAIGN. Regard To Nationdlization of the Grand Trunk. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Toronto, Feb. 26.--The Ontario Hydro-Electric Association is arrang- ing for a big campaign throughout Ontario to push the policy of national- ization and electricification of the Grand Trunk and the development of more water powers, Mayor Church, president of the Association sald to- day: "We must show the Dominion Government we are in earnest on this question. We went the Drayton-Ack- worth report acted on," With EDMONTON HOTELS BURNS. In the Indian and Pacific Oceanse Carried 400 Prisoners--A Second Auxiliary Cruiser Was Sunk By Her Crews, (Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, Feb. 26.--Another Ger- man raider, the Wolf, has arrived in port affer harassing Entente mer- chant vessels in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. The total num- her of vessels destroyed hy the Wolf has. not been disclosed, but a loss of eleven--seven British, three can and one Japanese in the Indian and Pacific oceans, ----is 'assumed by the British Admiralty to be due to her activities, Unable to hreak the British cordon around the North Sea, the Wolf slip- ped into the Aust nort of Polo, on the Adriatic. She brought hundred prisoners and a cargo taken from her priz ond auxiliary cruiser which the equipped, was sunk by her ¢re was captured by British last February One Hundred and Ten Guests Safely Escape. Edmonton, Feb. 26.---New Mary- land Hotel, formerly the Empire, was destroyed by fire on Sunday; 100 guests escaped safely down the firemen's ladders and she hotel fire escapes. The Drake garage adjoin- ing and 100 autos were burned, The total loss was $250,000, and insur- ance $98,600. FINE EQUIPMENT. Canadians Have Best Machine Gun- nery in France To-day. London, Feb. 26.--A man in Lon- don from the front says the Can- adians now have the best machine gunnery in France. The force itself is a model of discipline and effective- ness of which the Dominion may 'well be proud. ! valuable 8. «A See yw which SUNK BY SUBMARINE, dar warship a (Canadian Presg Despateh) New York, Feb, 26.--The % +# British freight steamer Phila- # + delphia, 5,000 tons, owned by # # the Leyland line, was sunk by # + submarine on Feb. 21st, while % + on the way to England with a + + big cargo. : * > - SPE PPR PRP E PPP P RPP IPP KINGSILON'S BILL PASSED. Hon. 1. B. Lucas Named as Chairman of Committee. (Canadian Press Des Toronto, 26. he BD rivate Bills Committee of the Legislature met this morning and elected Hon. I. B. Lucas as chairman, Several bills were put <throogh without amendment. The bill respecting the city of] Kingston was passed without amend- ment, + : : < * * * + HOARDING POTATOES Much Stock Has Been Frozen in the Vicinity of King= * ston. Renew Council will petition the Food Controller to iix a price for po- tatoes and force aoarders to give them up. Reeve gpolam says large stocks are held in the county for high prices. The result has been that many astrous, and calls Tor intervention by the food authorities, exists about Kingston and already much waste has 4 resulted from frost. MAROONED CAN. 5 EMPLOYEES Rescued From the Don Valley, Tor. Dentals The Yayoriee. rofito, After Twelve Hours. (Canadian Press Despa! Tb 4 Mat a (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Feb. 26.--Twenty em- ployees of tie Canadian Northern, marooned for twelve hours by floods in the Don Valley in the heart of this city, 'were rescued in boats at noom Jto-day, very much chilled but other- wise unhurt. Thousands of dollars © {damage caused to the C.N.R., the : C.P.R. other properties by water, : 'Word comes from many other cen- i tres. hd 'Ontario, isu by Suclil, i yy gamage cau by the hi aS last night night. Toronto, Feb, ETH "Pentals Rockey team, Allin cup holders, are the favorites in their games . Lor Eauadian RE Broke Inil while awaiting i. on conviction and was later captu in Kitchener, was to-day 4 to seven years in penitentiary. Suptureq Kolonkowits. Beri, "Feb, aafinn Tress Despate xy gen's forces operating in Volhynia | | have captured the town of Kolop- | kowitz "after a battle, the German general aft announced to-day. " Sir Henty Blake died on Saturday at Bi a ireland. | satardey ne ang Gover- nor of Montreal Feb. 26.--Mrs. Frank nual in memory of the late Lisut. Alen Oliver, NC. killed at the Somme. | Sy ratios Ameri- | four Walt | RESULTS IN WASTE 'have heen frozen. This sidte of affairs | the Council thinks, is serious and dis-' if Spirits and Confident r, Edmonton, Alta.; has offortd | Hered or more to establish an an- scholarship of a value of 3500, {CANADA STEAMSHIP LINE HAD A GOOD SEASON i Net Revenue Was Slightly Lower Than in the Previous Year. Montreal, Feb, 26.--The annual statement of Canada Steamship Lines, shows that while there was a large increase in the gross revenue of the company there was also al large gain in expenses, with the re- sult that the net shows a slight de- | crease compared with the previous year. After the deduction of bond debenture interest and all other! charges, ti'ere was a profit for the year of $2,178,401. This compares with $2,291.027 the previous year,| making a decrease of $212,626. t The surplus accoynt shows. that] after adding the balance from last year and allowing for the $2,417,166 paid on aecoumt of current and de-} ferred preferred there was a surplus] of $2,374,754, an increase of §547,- 411. The president, James Carruthers, in his report to the shareholders, says that the tonnage of the company was much greater than last year, despite the. losses that had oceurred, and that the future could only be considered a promising field for de- velopment and expansion on the high seas. In speaking of dividends, Mr. Car-| ruthers stated that the deferred divi- dends on the preferenc shares of the company had been paid, and it has been decided to resume them quar- terly. Altogether, the situation of the company could be summed up as | highly satisfactory. NO AUSTRIAN TROOPS ARE TAKING PART, 'The Military Action Against i Russia Is By Germany Alone. and| Amsterdam, Feb." 26.--The Aus-| ! trian Premier, Dr. von Sydler, ads dressing 'the Lower House at Vienna; | Friday, declared again: i "Austria-Hungary is not partici- pating in the military action which] | Germany i8 at present taking against Russia. There has been no advance; of Austro-Hungarian troops into| Ukraine, with whieh we are at peace. "With regard to Roumania, an armistice exists between = Austria-/ { Hungary and that country. Peace | negotiations will. begin within the! next few days." { The Premier's statement was re-| ceived with applause from all parts, of the House. GOV'T WILL MAKE GRANTS For Families of Victims Mine Disasters, Ottawa, Feb. 26.--The Gevern- ment has decided to grant = $25,000 for, the relief of families of men who lost their lives in two mine disasters in Nova Scotia. For sufferers from the Stellarton | i of N.S.} been voted and for sufferers from the earlier New Waterford explosion $10,000. ro Canadians In Good ¥ (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Feb, 26~W. A. 'Willison, cabling from the Can- adian front in Flanders, tells - | eye-witness in- the | been reduced i | million poods (a pood is about 36% disaster two months ago $15,000 has| 2 1918. rr; A AST _ EDITION: 26, | { | | ot | 4 Inbabitants of the village of Rheims in war ridden France quitting their houses during a recent bombard « | ment. Only the most necessary articles are taken, such as bedding and cooking utensils, then the small families de- | prived of their homes by the Huns must look around for some probably uncomfortable accommodations until the | Boches are repulsed by the sons of France. : rm ---------- RUSSIA IN STE OF UTTER CHAOS Industrial Pdi pe to Five Fer Cent. Of Nor Normal. | man, and he { paid him $10 each, | a charter and exemplified what the | unsuspecting { degree work. { Cornwall, { starting { with | disappeared { had come, { was manipulating a confidence game. notifie d | fie es the German people will be fore- | that his credentials are BOGUS ELK ORGANIZER DUPES LARGE NUMBER : Started Supposed Lodges in Brockville, Cornwall And In Ottawa Valley. Brockville, Feb. 25.--A year ago this month a well-qualified and suave-tongue man arrived at Brock- ville. He gave his name as A, L. Alk- readily made friends. { The business that he was supposed to ! represent was that of Grand Organ- jzer of the Canadian branch of the | Order of Elks. So plausible was his manner and so apparently correct were 'his credentials that he had but little difficulty in enlisting the fra- | ternal spirit of some 35 people. They and he produced members considered He left here, he succeeded another supposed 4 membership of fifty, subscription of $500 was paid to him. Later he worked the game in the Ottawa Valley. as mysteriously and it turned out going to where in and over same as he} that he| Local members have been bogus. |THE WAR IS ENTERING THE DECISIVE PHASE Way to Hasten Durable P is For the Allies to Main= tain Closer Union. 26 .-A vote i fidence in the Government ! Saturday in the Chamber of {ties 340 to 44. Referring to Russia's collapsey Baron Sommino, the Foreign Minis- ter, said that fortunately the United States takes the place of the default- ing power in the allies' line and that where fornferly America had sent money and munitions {oo Russia, | these would now be furnished to the remaining allies and would be a de- termining factor in the successful | termination of the war. The Minister pointed out that the of con- carried Depu- Rome, Feb. { war was entering a critical and deci- LYNCHINGS OCCUR DAILY COUNTRY WILL NOT RECOVER FOR YEARS, | Clerks As Diplomats--Only Two | Railway Engines in Petrograd-- | Ome has Ten Mile Speed. | Amsterdam, Feb. 26.--The of chaos in Russia is described by a | Tages Zeitung. | Passengers on traits have been froz- en to death-owing to the lack of glass | in the car windows. When the Ger-| man and Austrian delegations left Petrggrad they had not eaten bread | for days. There are only two loco-; motives in Petrograd, one of which! state | sive phase. He said that all the allies desired peace, but that the best way to hasten a worthy and durable | peace, that would not mean &hame {and disaster, wis for the allies maintain a closer union. to REVOLUTION PREDICTED "IN GERMAN EMPIRE Dr. Cohn Makes Assertion in Reichstag, Evoking Pro- found Uproar. Amsterdam, Feb. ution in Germany Dr. Cohn, 26.--A revol- was predicted by independent Socialist dep- uty, in an address to the reichstag on Friday. The Volks Zeitung of Cologne, says Dr. made during the debate ond the peace, is capable of only ten miles an hour. | treaty with Ukraine, threw Jhe reich- Repairs formerly costing 30, 000 roubles now cost 500,000 roubles. The riveting of a boiler costs 70,000 roubles, which, says the correspon-| dent, is not surprising, as the rivet-| er gets 40 roubles for a day's work of} three or four hours. "There are half a million wnem- | ployed in Petrograd, and the indus-| { trial production of the country has. sunk to five per cent. of the normal. | In some of the districts most of) ! the blast furnaces have been ex- tinguished. Sugar production has; from one hundred pounds) to forty million poods, and next year will not reach ten million. | The chief of the Finance Ministry| is a college student. The Fifth army| chief is a former actor. The chief of telegraphs is a clerk. The Govern-| ment's representative of the finan-| cial commission at Brest-Litovek was a clerk, who, says the writed, "had| not the faintest notion of the simpl-| est exchange problems." The com-/ mander of the noted Pavloff regi- | ment is a woman. A Dutch resident of Petrograd, in a long letter published in The Hague Nieuve Courant, says. that lynching occurs daily. After detailing seiz-| ures at the capital and many extrav- | agances, he concludes: "Russia is so completely disorganized that it will be years before she recovers." War Tidings, The Bolsheviki news agency at' Petrograd says that thirty thousand German soldiers refused to atlack the Russians in the new campaign. British casualties reported for the week ending Monday are 3,071, the lowest for several months, * RAIDED GERMAN TOWNS: -- Several Allied Excursions Last Week Damage Admitted. Amsterdam, Feb. 26 German papers received here announce sev- eral Allied raids on German towns last week. Bombs were dropped at Wehlan Monday, there beitig three victims of the explosion. There was slight damage done. The town of Pirmasens, Bavaria, was bombed Wednesday noon. Several persons were wounded and some damage was done to houses. Raiders visited Mannheim - Wednesday night and some damage was done to houses. A i wan Tey phe So houses. a child were Mjuzed there, thats, the news- paper says. fies] trom: the schoul omic preferences for Germany stag into an uproar, "It is not correct to say that the people of Russia's Baltic provinces are longing for German rule," he de- clared. "The treaty with Ukraine is not | the first step toward general peace. I see the day coming when revolution will reach Germany, and the people will take the fate of their rulers in- to their own hands." The independ- ent Socialists cheered the speaker. From other parts of the house came shouts of "traMor." A FEW DAYS GRACE, Given to Rumania To Accept German Peace Terms, London, Feb, 26.---Informal peace negotiations with Rumania were be- gun Saturday at Castle Bufftea, near Bucharest, according to advices reaching diplomatic circles at The Hague, as transmitted in an ex- change Telegraph despatch from that point. The terms/ of the Central powers are said to include territorial acquisitions fer Bulgaria and econ- and Austria. Premier Averescu of Ru- mania will consult King "Ferdinand at Jassy, for which purpose a few days of grace were given by the rep- resentatives of the Central powers, Germany is represented in the ne- gotiations by Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann, Austria by Foreign Min- isteg Czernin and Bulgaria by Prem- fer Radoslavoff, BEST JERSEY IN CANADA. Bona Clarabell, Two-yeur-okl, Wins Nears Performance Test. "Branttord, Feb, 26.--With a ree ord of 10,156 pounds of milk and 524 pounds of butter (at, Bona Clar- abell, owned by E. Dunnett, Scot- land; has been awarded the prize Tor the best two-year old heifer in Can- ada, under the Jersey: Cattle Club, Judged by a year's performance test. Daily Paper Sold. Niagara Falls, Feb 26. Niagara Falls has only one daily newspaper now, Yesterday the Evening Review announced that it had purchased the Daily Record, and would merge It with the Review, as the conditions made it impossible for two papers io make a living. The Review was started as a daily ppwepaper by F. H. Leslie in 1014, and the Daily Re- cord had been running tome Years prior to that = A Magnificent Record. London, Feb. 26.--The Lieuten- ant-Governor ol Saskatchewan has sent the Lord asd Matos of London £798 lodge, al Cohm's, "address | i | He then i fice | | | pondent at Amsterdam reports. "jever attempted Feveasseser PREPARE GERMANS FOR SACRIFICES "A Most Monstrous, Teribie Thing IS Awaiting This Continent." HON WAR PROPAGANDIST BUNGLED JOB AND OVER- COOKED THE PUDDING, HAVE ' Entente Troops and Civilians On West Front Are Chuckling--The Germans Are Gradually Acquiring A Cold Sweat, London, Feb, 2%.-- There is every indication that the German War Of- has given word to the news | papers to begin a campaign to pre- pare the public for the fresh sacri- ed to make when the offensive starts in the west, the Central News corres- Both the military critics and the war cor- respondents are joining in this ver- eace ' bal battery work. "A most monstrous, terrible taing . is a waiting this continent," says the Vossiche Zeitung, "Never in history will the memory of this February be effaced." In the Tageblatt, the military ex- pert of that newspaper, Lieut-Gen- eral Baron Armand von Ardenne says that from the meeting of the Ger- man and Austrian Emperors with the wailitary advisers at headquarters it may be concluded that the pause in the fighting will soon end. Hun Propaganda Failure, With the British Armies in the Field, Feb, 26. --German war party propagandists have bungled the job and over-cooked the pudding. Careful study of the situation on the west front reveals the most stupendous propdganda drive the Prussians have and or the biggest stakes, is a total raljure. Despite the utilization of every method to create a state of terror among troops and civilians, to in- crease the tension and prolong the nerve strain before the offensive, their methodd have resulted in a fiasco, Troop: und civilians are chuckling over the "hobgoblin." The British staff expects the Ger- up a stiff fight, but mans will put recelve a drubbing. Indications are thie Germans themselves are % that gradually acquiring a cold sweat, WE BER AND FIELDS JOIN. Reunion' of. Old Team for Comedy Production. New York, Feb. 26. --Formal an- nouncement was made yesterday that Job Weber and Lew Fields are about to join hands once more in a musical production, in which they wiil be seen, together in New York in April. Their new vehicle, it is deo- clared, will differ from their pre- vious offerings in that it will be less of a burlesque nature and that It will have a coherent story. Massrs. Weber and Fields, also, will discard the German dialect, whieh has hitherto always been a part of thelr joint appearances. Both Mr. Weber and Mr. Fields have become individual producers since the days of Weber's Music Hall. The two joined hands in 1912, and a musical revue produced by them at that time was followed by their appearances in vaudeville and in motion pictures. Their new pro- duction will have its premiere in Philadelphia late in March. GOES «Musical TO TRISON. For Refusing 16 Fight With U. S. 'Against Kaiser. : New York, Feb, 26.---Capt. David A. Henkes, Sixteenth Infantry, U. B. A.. has been sentenced to dismissal from the service and confinement at hard labor for twenty-five years by a general court-martial held at Gov- ror 8 Island. 'Henkes, who is of German descent, efideavored to resign his commission, saying that he did not care to fight cgalnst relatives and friends. German Ship Captured. Copenhagen, Feb, 26.---A Tronde- jem despatch received here states that the German steamer Dusseldorf, en route from Tromsoe to Stettin, has been captured by a British aux- iliary cruiser, - HUN WAR BULLETINS, %* Japanese troops will join forces with the Cossacks and fight + Germany in Siberia. * -- ° The Germans have occupied # - Reval and Poskov, about 1660 & miles south-west of Petrograd. 4 -- 5 Von Hertling = announced in 2 Reichstag that Russia had ac- & . cepted Germany's peace *ondip tions. * * * + + * + + * Teuton sutoplanas shelled + Venice on Saturday night, caus- ¢ ing many oasualtien, . Chaneslior von Hortling bas # announced that Cermany in- * } Bt to give dol Silden ot the pro. 3 Sessese f-government to Proinses of Lithunia and