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SPB Bid SS 12 PAGES Be db » YEAR 85: NO. 121 OF RIVER AYRE French Detachments Germans And or Ki» Gamma PRUSSIAN AR COMMANDER SAYS HE DID NOT SEE RED CROSS * SIGNALS, When the German Air Squadron Bombed British Hospitals Be. hind the Battle Lines in France, {Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, May 23.--There was inter: mittent shelling south of the River Avre, on the Amiens {ront, the French War Office announced to-day. JA German raid 'on French positions in Bois Mongivil failed. French de- tachments patrolling in the Cham- pagne brought in & number of pris- *" omers and some war material. i - Hospital Casualties 100. . (Canadian Press Deapateh) London, May Hy indicated to-day that more than one hundred Rad Cross nurses and attendents, as well as some patients, were killed or wounded when the Germans bombed: hospitals In France on Sunday. The Prussian commander, whose machine was brought down, Is now in one of the hospitals which his men shell ed, He declares he did not see the Red Cross signals. FEOSPIIIIFIL IIR IIIS - + 90,000 U.S. SOLDIERS + ORO8S IN TEN DAYS. * % Washington, May 23.--In a 4 + statement inserted in the House # - # record yesterday, Representa- & + tive Caldwell of New York, a3 + member of the military cof- % mittee, declared that during + @ the first ten days of May 90.- # # 000. American soldiers were % # sent abroad, and said that + % after the expiration of one year + 4 from the arrival of the first 4 % shipment of troops from this + # country. (July next) the Unit- % 8 would have 1,000, # nan a Fras equipped + + + +» + * od % 000 # with: the necessary arms and 3 # supplies. : ] i Police on Lookout For Si. Fein Leaders Who Escaped. London, May 23.---Indications that the government has not yet com- pleted all the arrests contemplated "by it are seen in the apprehension in Dublin of P. F. Burke, the leading Sinn Feiner in the county of Mona- ' ghan, A certain number of Sinn Fein leaders In various districts after the 'coup was made in Dublin evaded the police, who still are on the lookout for them. The suthorit attention to | garded as 3 'are directing their persons who are re- ous and such men are med in thé stopped neighbor- hood of Dublin and searched. Al the best known men of what is regarded as the revolutionary wing of the Sinn Feln are ; dy in cus- tody, but there fa ag: sion that many influential participa- tors in the alleged conspiracy are per- song never heard of by the Irish peo- ple. BRANTFORD NURSE (Canadi nadian oss Despatch) © Brantford, May 28. -- Nursing . Sister Katherine Maude Macdonald, _ of this city, daughter of Mrs. M. M. » Was among the nurses by Hun aviators in : British hospitals be lines in France last Sun- - notification was re- MARTIAL LAW IN BOHEMIA NECESSARY AUSTRIA SAYS "High Treason | During Celebra- tion at Prague, Note Cabled to Washington States. Washington, May 23. Austrian note cabled to Washington from Berne throws light on the nio- tives which impelled the Austrian Government to declare martial law in Bohetafa. The note says: "Certain events which were a danger to the safety of the state and | presented even a character of high treason took place during the first days of the fiftieth anniversary cele- bration of the founding of the Na- tional Bohemian theatre and led the authorities to take repressive mea- sures." Swiss commentators explain that this alludes to a note from the police posted in Prague, which declared that mob gatherings and processions would be dispersed by force, if ne- cessary. The Swiss point out that these events the formidable character of the JugoSlav independence move- ment and show the feelings of Lhe Czechs as well, RED CROSS FUND Extra Pay of Natural Dam Man Goes to Aid in War \ Work. Gouverneur, N.Y, May 23.--The Red Cross soliciting committee in Na- tural Dam reported to-day that John Petrie, a laborer employed by George P. Caswell, yard foreman of the Ald- rich Paper Company,' has donated to the Red Cross the bonus of his wages, amounting to between $5 and $6 per month. Petrie also pays monthly install ments to the local Red Cross fund and is paying $5 per month on a Lib- erty bond, RED TRIANGLE FUND. The Latest Contributions From Citizens. $50--Prof, D. B. BEuchannan, J, W. Litton, W. T. Minnes, Prince Charlie Chapter 1.O.D.E, $25---Ladies' Ald Queen Street Methodist church, H, W. Newman, A. & AS. Rite Masons, = Knights of Grip. $20---P, C. Chown. $10~J. B. Walkem, R. E. Burns, Dash Coleman, Mrs. I. G, Bogart, T. $5 oA G. Johnston, J, R, Forster, the Ross Cluo, G. H. Downey, A. H. Warwick, C. J. Warwick, Mrs, F. Mo Broom, W. Banks, S. M, Asselstine, LJ. K, Carroll, 8, Joiner, R. F. Green- lees, Neil McCuaig, H. 8. Wallace, A. L. Clark, C. 8. Wheeler, R. S. Gra- ham, Mrs. Mi -M, McGuire, Miss M. "iy, J: B. Cooke, Capt. Randall, J. wart, Ross McRae; . Donoghue, dB. Forster, E,.R. Reid, T. D, Min- nes, Mrs. Gedye, Isabel Mack, Miss A. A. Beaton, Mrs. G. E. Hague, Miss H, L, Lewis, R. Irving, E. Godwin, dr. J. Kenny, M. Coward, Rev. J. D. Boyd, Mrs. Basson, FRONTENAC CHEESE BOARD. Sales Made at 223 Cents at Meeting on Thursday. Cheese sold at 22% cents on the Frontenac Cheese Board on Thursday afternoon. There was boarded 521 boxes of white cheese, and 25 boxes of colored, as follows: White--Arigan, 30; - Forest, 45; Glepburnie, 65: Glenvale, 60; Howe Island, 40; Ontario, 24; St. Law- rence, 30; Silver Springs, 35; Thou sand 1 8.18; Elglnburg, 40: Ve- roma, 60; Wolfe Island, 36: Collins Bay, 440, X Colored--Gilt Bdge, 25. At 33% cents, I. W, Murphy se- cured the offering of Gilt Edge; George Smith, at the same price, se- cured the offering of Glenvale and 'Elginburg, and John Gibson secured the offering of St. Lawrence, Thou- sand Islands and Verona. the the BASEBALL RECORD, WEDNESDAY National League, Chicago .... 2 Brooklyn .. .. Boston.. .. 8 Cincinnati .. .. 2 Pittsburgh .. ¢ Philadelphia _ American League, St. Louis .....4 Washington ... Detroit .. .. 3 Philadelphia ... New York .. 1 Chicago .. 2 In 'League, Syracuse ....11 Jersey City ... hamton, § Buffalo .. .. .. nto .... 3 Baltimore .. .. 2 Baltimore ,. .. sans at ensburg, May 23.----At a con- he Notre Dame Church An official | oi chine gun tire. The hostile artillery Eri Lak KINGSTON, ONTARIO, a CHURCH UNION REJECTED, Southern Presbyterians Vote Down) Proposal te Unite With North, Durant, Okla, May 23 Organic union with the Northern Presbyterian i church was rejecied by a large ma- jority by the general assembly of the ! Southern Presbyterian church, in ses- | sion here, after two days' debate. The i vote rejecting organic uniem was | 153 to 72. STRONG POSITIONS TAKEN May 23. Resolu- i al assembly Columbus, Ohio, 3 FROM THE ENEMY BY LOCAL or- | Chureh North. tions urging the organic union of all the evangelical churches in the Unit- ERATIONS, | SIGNALLER W. ©. oom - ~~ ed States were adopted by the gene of the Presbyterian Youngest Son of MES. and Mrs. W. H. Vrooman, Odessa Of the Germans For the Big Push That Was Scheduled. Belief Prevails Signal For Advance! Soon Will be Given--Heavy Move- ments of Enemy Troops in Rear. With the French Armies in France, May 23. While awaiting the opening of the expected new German offensive the French and British are creating great confusion in the German plans by local operations which already have brought about an improvement in their defensive positions, The Germans had hoped té have positions at solid points on the Flan- ders hills, on the Villers-Bretonnbax plateau, and on the Grivesnes and Mailly-Raineval heights and Le Ple- mont and Renaud hills from which to launch their attack. Not only have these positions re- mained in the hands of the Entente Allied troops, but in the vicinity of them the French and British recently have gained ground. The Germans have carried out a redistribution of their [forces along the whole front. The movement of troops in the rear, especially, has been heavy, The activities of German airplanes and the exceptional violence of the artillery bombardment on the Avre and in the-tegion of Albert are the only indications of a coming blow, MOTOR TOURISTS HEAD FOR ONTARIO semen VETERANS ARE BR. An Influx of Americans Ex- i. ree pected--Wil Bring Lot of Over he No rela onde Money. (Canadian Press Hamilton, May 23.4 Torontp, | May 23. --Indicatio ditions in Ontario citi show that there will be a great o&®5 | of the matters American motorists coming to Can- | puexed by the Ontar) ada this season." sald W. G. Roberls| a thelr an son, the secretary of the Ontario opened here to-day, v. bitter com. Motor League. "We have received plaints are being peseived about the many enquiries from 'American greedy landlords ave imposing on the wotor clubs, especially about the families of men in the frenches, Muskoka. district. . -| The convention will be opered by "Fortunately on account of the dry | gi Jon 8 Hendrie: General busi. weather the roads are in as g0od| jac." will ioceupy the first day. . Op condition now as they ordinarily are Friday there 'will 'be a big patriotic in duly. parade to Dundrun Park, where field MF. Roberfson thinks that" when sports will "be held: - Following a the war is over a high-class road church parade on 'Sunday, the vet shoul be built into that distriet. "It erans will be reviewed by the Govern: would pay for itself in a very short . time," said Mr. Robertson. 'People or:General. do not realize the fact that scenic SAY BABY WAS NECLECTRD spots which attract tourist traffic are just as much an assét to the SERIOUS CHARGE FACES COUPLE AT NAPANEE. Sigpaller Vrooman enlisted in the 146th Battalion . on Pelirunary 28th, 1916, trained at Bargiefigld and Val- cartier camps, then went to England in' September ; 1016 In August, 1917, he was went | to! Prance and transferréd to the 8th Battalion, Canadians. The aboye pleture was taken at Aberdeen, ofland, while he was on leave there last January. country as a manufacturing centre. "The rock bottom estimate for a motor tour is $5 per person per day. Twenty thousand cars came into Canada last year and the number is increasing; at four persons to a rar there is an expenditure of $400,000 brought into the country for one day while the season lasts." HEAVY ARTILLERY FIGHTING PROCEEDS in the Ancre Valley and Also in the Flanders Salient. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, May 23. Heavy artillery fighting in the Ancre walley, south- east of Lens, and in 'the Flanders salient ia reported in today's offi- cial statement, which is as follows: "The enemy rushed one of our posts in the Aveluywood sector last night. Two of our men are missing. Wa carried out successful raids in the neighborhood of Ayette and Leux St. Marc wood, inflicting a number of casualties on the enemy and cap- tured a machine gun. The enemy also attempted to raid our positions in the vicinity of Riez Hu Vinago. He was driven off by rifle and ma- & Child Died as Result of Criminal Negligence on Part of Mr, and Mrs. Charles MacCabe, ? "We find that the infant, Stewart Smith, eame to his death, as a result of evimindl negligence on the part ot Charles MacCabe and his wife, Lena MacCabe, and that Eliza M. MacCabe | the death of the said Stewart Smith." The above verdict was rendered at Napanee on Wednesday night by the jury empanelled by Dr. G. H. Co- wan, coroner, to enquire into the cir- cumstances surrounding the death of the infant. Reference was made to the cage ip the Whig a few days ago. The child died on Friday last and itis alleged that the baby was left alone and uncared for for several hours on the day of Ms death, The child's mother died some time ago, and Mr. and Mrs. MaeCabe, so it 5 claimed, adopted the baby. Report from Napanee = states that criminal proceeding will be taken at once against the couple. Quite a num- ber of witnesses were called to give evidence at the inguest, : . WARNED BY CARDINAL dat x The Priests Must Avoid Sinn Fein was active last night in the Anere valley, south of Lens, east of Ro- becq and east of the forest of Nieppe, THURSDAY, MAY 23, DO NOT MOVE $ ~ Jury at Coroner's Inquest Find That was not in awy way responsible for' 1918. MEN TOY WF. Moki Sas ifs Wioag-t0 Preach Tat Honors Ar Dus Rewart THEY ARE NO INCENTIVE MAN TO DO WHAT HE SHOULD DO. ---- N Mr, Nickle Would Mave Canadian Titles Granted on the Advice of the Prime Minister, Ottawa, May 23.-----W. PF. Nickle, in speaking in the House of Com- mons Tuesday night, said he 'had been actuated by a three fold motive when he first introduced the motion to abolish hereditary titles in Canada. "First," he said, "I desired to pro- ject in the House a discussion on the constitutional .aspect of the question. Second, I desired to bring an end to the practice of granting of heredi- tary, and what I have termed reflec tive, titles in Canada. Third, I de- sired to direct attention to the anach- rouism of titular distinctions in Can- ada and the abuses which would probably arise from a contiguance of the practice of granting recognitions which gave privileges without carry- ing responsibilities and. duties "If the recognition of a title was the thing that moved men to duty, what would the 30,000 men who to- day lie dead in Flanders fields have thought if they knew that death was to overtake them before that recog nition be given? They did their duty because it was their duty. "It is a pernicious doctrine to preach in this country that recogni- tion is the reward of virtue. "1 do not belleve that if titles are discontinued in respect to the civil phpulation that titulap distinctions should be given to those who have done great services to the country In the military and naval spheres of the war, All should be treated alike. Ir you are going to lay down a principle for one class you should hy down exactly the same principle for an- other. Id my judg : pres- ent time the whole thing Should be swept away and we should fot have any titular distinctions at all, "11 1 cannot get the abolition of all titylar distinetions, then 1 want to have it established for this country that titular distinction is granted on the advice of the Prime Minister of the country and is not granted on the advice of what 1, with all respect, term an irresponsible Governor-Gen- eral. responsible Governor-General,' 1 mean a Governor-General not directly responsible to the people of this country." TO A | RESULT OF REFUSAL. Tar and Feathers for Man Who Wouldn't Buy Bonds. Duxbury, a farmer Hving nine miles north of Spencer, S.D., today was tarred 'and feathered by a crowd of fifty farmers after he had been tak- en from his farm and brought fo the city jail at Spencer, where the codt was apphied. 20% OAT 000 Duxbury, it was sald, was ordered last Friday night to purchase Adb ] erty bonds or contribute to the Red Cross by Monday night. * He refus- ed, i is stated, and shortly after midnight the farmers fulfilled their threat. T-Cent Oar Fare. Albany, N.Y., May 23.--~The Pub- He Service Commission, second dis- trict, at its regular session granted orders under which the Ogdensburg Street' Railway Company will be permitted t6 charge a T7-cent [are | between any two points on its lines and to sell six tickets for 35 cents or four for 25 cents. . The order also provides that spec- ial tickets presented between #.30 and 7 a.m. or 45 and 6.30 pm. may be sold in lots of 1.000 for $50. It is further provided that the latter tickets are good for use only by the purchaser, members of bis family or 'employees. i : : udgment at the pres-}. When I use the expression 'fr-| 4 Sioux Falls, 8.D., May 23. --Hart + ¥ ng M'MARTIN WILL IS FILED FOR PROBATE The Widow and Relatives Are Beneficiaries of the Decoas~ ed Member. Cornwall, May 23.-- The will of the late John MeMartin, M.P. for Glen- Barry and Stormont, who passed away at his Montreal residence on April 12th last, has been entered for probate. The most important provisions of the will are as follows: To his broth- ers, John and Angus McMartin, and sisters, Mrs. Crimmins and Mrs. Arch~ ambault, of Montreal, and Mrs, Phil- lips, of Minneapolis, Minn.. $600 each per annum; Angus McMartin's wife, $300 per annum; Hugh McMar- tn, 'brother, $300 per annum; Hugh McMartin's wife, $300 per annum; G. W. McDougald, brother-in-law, $300 per annum; G. W. McDougald's wife, $250 per anum; D. A, McDon- ald, cousin, $250 per annum; Mrs. John A. Cameron, cousin, $250 per annum; for the education of the chil- dren of his brother-in-law, Allan J. MecDougald, an amount not exceed- ing $2,000, 10 be expended by Mrs. McMartin; such annual sums as may be authorized by the executofs to be expended by Mrs. McMartin for char- itable purposes; Miss Katherine Me- Dougald, sister-in-law, $2,000 = per annum, | Specific legacies are bequeathed as follows: Gladys Sinclair, niece, $2,000: Al- lan Phillips, nephew,$5,000; Martha, daughter of Angus McMartin, $2.- 000; to each of the other children of Angus Martin, $5,000; to each of the children of Mary Crimmins, Grace Smith, Duncan J. McDougald, George W. iMcDougald and Allan J. McDou- gald, $5,000, on their respectivély at- taining the age of twenty-one years; to his wife, Mary McMartin, the sum of $4,000 per annum, free from taxes for the maintenance of a home, also the furmiture in his Montreal resi- dence and the use of sald residence for her life time. The income from one-sixth gf the estate, after pay- 'MENT of the above sums Is to be paid annually to his widow and to each of his.children after they have attain: ed the age of twenty-five years or shall have married with the consent of'their mother, On the death of the last surviving child the principal of the estate to be divided in equal shares among the grandchildren then living. Mrs. McMartin to have the privilege of disposing by will of a part of her share not exceeding $100,000 in any way she may see fit.) The executors are the Trust and Guarantee Company, Limited, Alex nder lL. Smith, Duncan J. ) Bald, Mrs. MoMartin, Miss Grace Meo- Martin and John B. McMartin, when he becomes twenty-one years of ge. Alexander L. Smith, of Cornwall, is named solicitor for the estate at an annual saliry of $6.000. . PEELITILLII IIT IRIP NII 4 +OSTEND AND ZEBRUGGE * # . HAVE LOST USEFULNESS, + * % Berne, Muy 23 --German @ # naval authorities are preparing + # to abandon Zeebrugge and Os- # + tend as U-boat bases, because %* of the recent blockades effect- # * od by British naval forces, and % % the constant harassing by Bri- + # tish bombing planes, according + # to information received from # + Berlin to-day. > + eve eee - * ---------------- TO PUT ON THE MARKET. R t British Columbia to : Bond, Sd Make Issue of 8. Toronto, May 23 «Providing that tonditions are favorable, the Pro- vince of British Columbia 'will early pul on the market an issue of be- tween $1.G00.000 and. $2.000.000 worth of bonds, sald Premier the Hon. John Oliver, who, accompanied. by the Hon. John Hart, Minister of Finance, was vesterday in confer ence with Toronto © financial men. The money is required to take care of maturing lssues, general pro- 'vincial expenditures, and for ihe furthering of the completion of the Pacific Great er, an undertak- ing rob. follow ing 2 Governmtnt nvestigation, was taken over by t province. CAMEL STEAKS EATEN, German Poorer (lasses Also Coun sume Horses and Dogs. = New York, May 23 --Camel meat. dog meat and horse meat are bein eaten in Saxony by the poorer classes accord Zwickau and camels of the a gave a show in Z oman le BY THE COMMONS BY A VOTE OF X #2 TO 61. A. B. Copp Alleged That There. Was Intimidation, That Soldiers Were Threatened With Removal to Fire ing Line, (Canadian Press Deapateh) Commons on Wednesday A, B. Copp, member for Westmoreland, N. B made thirty-two direct charges of frauds and election crimes in taking |sotliers' overseas vote, affecting many constituencies in Ontario and i other provinces. \ He moved for a judicial investi. gition. His motion was defeated by a vote of 82 to 61, In part Mr. Cobb's charges were; "That the frauds were directed and practised by commanding ofi- cers, deputy presiding officers and poll clerks legally appointed under the authority of the Crown in Chan- cery. \ "That evidence upon what will be submittéd by me to a commission of enquiry establishing that the said soldier's vote was systematically or- ganized so as to transfer a fraudu- lent vote to certain selected consti tuencies in order to over-ride the legitimate vote of the sald 'electoral disgridt. : Hat in certain of the said con- stituencies the soldiers' vote was frauduently polled largely In efcoss of the legitimate soldiers' vote, Soldiers" Threatened, "That military electors were threatened with removal to the fight [tog line if they did not mark thelr hallots for the Government in the presence of and in the manner pre- scribed by the deputy presiding offi Rar. { "ov That military electors who res fused to vote as they were directed In the manher referred to in the pre- ceding paragraph were accordingly immediately removed to regiments proceeding to the fighting line "That military | recorded facilities for the servance of the secrecy of the ballot las provided by the Military Election Act, and' were coerced to vote for. the vote, "That election campaign ltera- ture, "which was dishonest, and un- truthful in favor of the Government, was circulated among military elec: tors by the authority and direction of Lord Beaverbrook, through the Can- adian war records publication, and that the sald Lord Beaverbrook was an active participant in the herin' be- fore mentioned fraudulent practices. "That Lord Brook, formerly com- der of the Canadian forces, was also a participant in sald fraudulent practices by the vote which he re- corded in Provencher, Man, ; ballot en. "That several thousand velopes were fraudulently sation to the constituencies o than those in which the sald military electors were legally entitled to vote. (Cmmading by 2.30 o'clock this m ig the Union Government of Air Robert Borden 'was sustained by a majority of thirty- one on a straight party vete, when the Commons refused thé amend of A, B. Copp, West Moreland, N.B., providing for a judicial enquiry into his thirty two charges of y ties respecting the of t Hsu "votes, at the genera election last November, The vote was taken after the y ) had promised a to oF Son votes fu the i= ng * votes jn Const] tuencies of Chambly-Verch The House adjourned at 2.45 a.m. "to The Berliner Tageblatt | loeki meat is being sold in comes from the mohais |) Hagenback i udiclal fn tion ine San AN INESTGTION REED Ottawa, May 23.--In the House of Cd # the Government by open character of "> and the vote allocated by the endors ~~ on "tear. Ottawa, May HM orv ion at ba ents proper ob- i vs