SAID TO BE AT BUZY, EAST OF -- NO. 58% | KINGSTON, ONTARIO, ------ IN YUKON TERRITORY. War Brings Increased Activity Dawson, N.T., March 2.---Klon- dike's gold yield this season is expect- ed to be fully as large as last year, when $5,000,000 of virgin gold was taken out. = The new camp at Rude Creek is expected to help to swell the totals. A telegram to-day from Rude re- ports' good pay on Rude Creek, and miners are anixous for the construc- tion of a road so as to be able to, get in sypplies of machinery. 4. VERDUN. i "Lull in Fighting Continued Through- out Wednesday Night--German | On arrival from Mayo, Upper Stew- art, reports that the Aitkens Silver King mine will ship two thousand tons of silver ore this toming spring, which will net the owner a hundred dollars a ton. One Whitehorse copper property is THURSDAY, MARCH 2. -- 1916 | able that there (Special to the Whig) . Toronto, March 2.--It notice is not nearly the same spirit © of bravade and devil may-Care in the Government at the opening of the Legislature this yéar as in the "old days." There are doubtless eral reasons for this, but one the obvious ones is the bye-election record, Sir James Whit- ney, justly enough, in his opening speech each session used to glow and | exult over the bye-election results each year, H's successor, however, instead of exulting has to explain de- feats and reductions. The contested bye-elections since the General Election of 1914 and their results; are: : June, 1914 Bye-elections. Con. maj. Con. maj. Hamilton W, 36 1411 Dundas'. ... 62 Attack on Fresnes Falled--The i w shipping copper ore regularly, French Official Statement. |and extensive plans are being made to ov o 1g.) ship this season from other proper- Amstonian y on he Ger- ties now being 'reopened. Bear mans are concentrating heavily in Ar-| Creek Quartz Company, near Dawson, sonne, having sent 90,000 reinforce- | is installing a stamp mill .this spring, ments into the Argonne woods in the and will spend fifty thousand cash al- past few days. It is believed the ready secured for preliminary work. Crown Prince will renew the Verdun | Yukon's antimony properties also are war zone. 673 ; Lib. maj Peel .. 627 3056 GHOST-LIKE GAS MAS Photo shows a guard « They are seen we: if S * © ov K, WORN BY SCOTCH REGIMENT. cotch soldiers as they appear in the northern French Government majority was reduced by '1,375; in Dundas by 611 and in Peel the Government lost the seat with a change of 932. In these three iye-elections, therefore, the change against the Government In Hamilton West, therefore, the | offensive with strokes in the Argonne region, and from the south-east in| efforts to envelop the main forts. | Ninety thousand men are said to be, at Buzy, sixteen miles east of Ver- © dun, : No German Official Statement. i (Special to the Whig.) : London, March 2.--A wireless news| agencyshnounced this afternoon that | the official statement from the Ger- man War Office was not received at} the usual time to-day. It is sur-| mised that the statement is being! withheld pending the arrival of im- portant news from the front. A Lull at Verdun. | (Rpecial to the Whig.) Paris, March 2---A lull in the Verdun front continued throughout last night, the War Office reported | | | this morning. Fresnes \Not Captured. to Whig. London' Match 3---The French | War Office reported the repulse of a| German attack against Fresnes yes-| terday afternoon, casting discredit | on an unofficial press report from Berlin that Fresnes had heen cap-| tured. French Official Statement. (Special tn the Whig.) Paris, March 2~The French offi- | cial statement says: In the Artolse district to the east of the road running from Neuville to Lafolie, we a mine located "an ~erater which was oc- cupied by the enemy. session of a new crater, In the region of Verdun enemy bombarded violeitly last night Le Morte Hommé (The Deadman), at| Cote De L'Ole, between Malancourt | and Forges, as well as the principal | -eronsings-of the River Meuse. There wag little activity on the part of the artillery to the east of the Meuse. In the Lorraine district a bombard- | ment of several hours' duration | | BURGERS west of Bezange was followed by an | BRANDEN attack ON thé Part of the enemy, | ROUTED BY BRETONS. against Sainte Marie farm to the which resulted in a complete failure, In Alsace certain tentative move- ments, undertaken by strong German | patrols against our outposts in the! valley of the Lauch, were repulsed by | the use of hand grenades. Pepe SPPPEPPEEPEP PIPPI IIb bh > 4+ ATTEMPT TO KILL +» BULGARIAN KING. % -- > (8 al to the Whig.) * Ph i Marth 2.--A Rome % despatch says the Bulgarian % Czar is suffering from wounds 4 received in an attempted assassi- # nation while returning from the + Vieana trips * FESO be CONSCRIPTION ACT GOES INTO EFFECT. First Nine Groups To Be Called Up By March 17th. . (8 1 to the Whig.) London' March. '3 Tha Govern- "ments Conscription Act went into ef- fect to-day, - early this afternoon © Act will be regarded < declared as needed. machinery was set in motion for its enforcement. proclamations were posted all over England an- nouncing that henceforth all bache- lors and widowers eligible under the as soldiers, and The first nine groups, it was stated, will be called up by March 16th, Belleville Junior Curlers scored another win when they defeated Na- panes on Tuesday night, ™ . : - ; THE WHIG CONTENTS. * . 3 I--May Make Another Attack; Trade Conference; New Bom. ardment. Red © Donations; Pars} Teels to Hana 3--Near to Human Kind; Letter 'from Dr. Crummy's Son. d--Editorial; Random Reels; Walt Mason's Rhymes. b~The nteffacs Defeated: Other Sport News. » tern Ontario News. T--dmusements; Timely An- nouncements; The Forum. $--iIndustrinl Education! Mili~ tary: Theatrical ; [S-Britain's Claim; Hun Gener: . | als Killed: French' to Reply: on, A0--Piracy on High Seas; Sleepy- 4 ime Tales; Bon ; iryside Tidin ies £8. { : ilitary; Sporting Notes. We took 'pos- | ' {expected to speak. [Ee being opened under stimulus of war demands. PERE RPEEP RRR RR bbb debi * * MOEWE CAPTURED? * Se-- * (8pecial to the Whig.) +> Buenos Ayres, March 2.-- 4% Press despatches from Montevi- # deo say that a steamer arriving # from Europe intercepted near # the coast of Brazil a wireless + message stating that three % cruisers had captured the Ger- 4 man auxiliary cruiser Moewe, + the commerce raider. * TEEPE PR EPI PEPPER PND range of the enemy's hombs. AMITY IN | The Party Leaders Exchange Complimeats. NO DISGUISING FACT THAT TORIES ARE. DIVIDED ON | PROHIBITION, { PET ee bret bo ® Temperance Forces, However, Believe That Premier Means Bhsiness, and Will Carry the Day Against Opposi- tion. Toronto, March 2.-- Political amity wad the dominating note of the pro- ceedings in the Legislature yester- The party leaders exchanged | compliments in the most friendly | fashion, and the mover and seconder . {of the Address in Reply to the Speéch from the Throne put State before par- ty and advocated unity of action in a Jjthme of unprecedented crisis. The} debate is likely to be closed to-day, | {When the Premier and Mr. Rowell are EEE TT TP The Government's prohibition le- tion was yesterday discussed by the Conservative caucus, and will come up again for consideration. There 18 wo Afsgulstng the Tact that " there is not unanimity ameng the! oF, BULAN, tod in {rank and file of the party as to the . | impending measure, and it js' pos-| i sible 'that opposition will be encoun- | { tered before the final de bill are in shape. There is valling feeling that the tétiperance | legislation mentioned in the Speech | from the Throne comes. from the! Prime Minister, and there is good rea-! {son for believing that the Cabinet! {was not upanimous, The temper-| ance Torces believe that the Premier | means business, and that he will! carry the day against any opposition thére may be in future caucuses. Speculation has been rife as to what majority would be necessary hy referéndum to carry prohibition. One thing may be certain, according to what one of the Cabinet said last night, that it will not be a case of a three-fifths majority. The unfair- ness of this to.those who favor prohi- bition is recognized. KING Suffering from wounds attempt to assassinate him. Crack: French Organization Speedily Broke Famous , German Corps. Paris, March 3---In the attack on { Douaumont the fort changed hands | four times, until finally the Breton | | Corps was brought into action. They | charged with irresistible elan | through a storm of German shells,! { routed the famous Brandenburger | Corps and "drove the Germans back beyond the Village of Douaumont, north of the fort. Two thousand Brandenbirgers re-| main in the fort, which is now well | within the French lines. The French are not wasting their time on their Hves in attacking them, but have placed a guard to wait until hunger ! brings the Germans ont to surrend- | er L. CANADIAN KILLED 20 HUNS. New York Despatch Says Decoration Wil} Follow. New York, March 2.--John Tay- Hor, of Winnipeg, lieutenant in the Sixth Canadian Infantry, killed twen tw-nine Germans with his revolver and bayonet, in short hand-to-hand fight in a captured German trench, according to Capt. G. C. Drury, who left Taylor In London. , Taylor is to be decorated with the Victoria Cross for bravery, : | SEGREGATION OF RACES, | Whites And Blacks May Not Live { Together In St. Louis. | St. Louis, Mo., March 2----Ordin- { ances providing for the segregation | of whites and negroes in separate | blocks were carried here yesterday by {a vote of 52,220 to 17,887, the vote | on each ordinance being practically the same. The ordinances are to go into ef- ect in ten days, but prominent ne- groes stated that an injunction would be applied for at once, and if neces- sary the case would be carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, | which has never passed on segrega- tio on Two ordinances, similar in charac- ter and both bearing an introduction stating. they were for the peace and welfare of both races, were voted on. One provides that no white or negro «an become a resident in a Dlock occupied entirely by the other ! race, The other ordinance provides {that mo white or negro can become a resident in a block of which sey- enty-five per cent. of the residents, are of the opposite race. or- | dinandes also apply to the ch e i schools, theatres and all assembly places. - ROUMANIA'S DOWAGER QUEEN -- And the Bulgarian King 11 of Bron- _. chitis. if fal to the Whig) London, M b ica rien Siva Dowager Queen of Roumania, and the poet author, is critically bronchitis. Her recovery is No Royal Charter. i Ottawa, March 2.--By an over- whelming majority the Canadian Min- ping Institute at its annual meeting voted down the proposal to seek a Rayal charter. The vote, about five to one against; came as a sarprise, as the idea of seeking a Royal charter, and thus| haying power to prefix the. word! "Royal" before their title has been before the Institute for a long time. CONSCRIPTION ACT IS NOW IN FORCE. All Eligible Bachelors and = Widowers Will Be Called To the Colors. (Special torithe Whig.) London. March 3 MarHed - men between the ages of nineteen and twenty-seven, attested under the Der- by recruiting campaign, will be call- ed up for service within a few duvs, it was announced to-day. The order es effective April Tth. The Government's tion Act went irto effect to-day. rations are being completed for calling to service BL once all eligiole bachelors and widowers. : { of war LEGISLATURE wring the gas mask whieh mn REQUIRED FOR SERVICE. British-Canadians Find Return Home| Difficult. { 9 London, March --Cltizens of Canada born in the United Kingdom, and. re-visiting the Mother Country, | are finding it difficul to get back if [eligible for service. One man, resi- | ident in Otawa for fifteen years, who! came home for a holiday, recently | informed the agent-general for On-| tario that he had been refused a passport and had been notified to eport for service. READY FOR EMERGENCIES. Allies Have Big Army Massed at Bordeaux. } New York, March 2.--The Entente| Allies have massed from 500,000 ' to {1,000,000 fresh trops at Bordeaux to |be ready for emergencies, according to passengers who arrived here yes- terday from France aboard the | steamer Rochambeau. None of these soldiers, it was asesrted, have been near the battle lines in any of the areas of the war. They are said to comprise a part of Lord Kitchene¥'s| they use 'when the A CONFERENCE ABOUT TRADE To Be Held in Paris By the Allies. ALL PARTS OF ENPIRE TO BE within amounted to 2,918, or an average of almost a thousand. It is easy to see that if such re- sults, or anything like them, con- tinue and are effective at the next General election the Hearst Govern- ment is within striking distance of the end of its reign. And there seems to be a growing feeling among the public that this is the case. THE FIRST VIOTIM Of German's New Submarine Cam- Is Russian Steamer. (Special to the Whig.) London, March 1.--On the firet | day of the new Ger: 1 sian steamer Alexander Wentzel was sent to the bottom with a loss of eighteen lives, according to despatch- es received here to-day. : Eleven of the steamer's créw were rescued, it was stated. The des Patches stated only that the Steamer Was sunk yesterday and carried no hint as to whether she was a victim of the new German decree. French Boat Sunk. (Special to the Whig.) Havre, March 2.--The French mine sweeper,Au Revoir was tor pedoed and sunk, Tuesday, by a Ger- REPRESENTED IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL. Bonar Law Says the Economic For. ves of the Allies May Be Utilized in a Greater Degree, London, March 2.--Speaking at the luncehon of the Associated man order to tor-' i pedo armed merchantmien, the Rus- | 4 tails of the |g a pre- |g | {majority of the electors will be suf- assumed the throne of the kingdom, | ficient to carry the measure, which and will _ Berlin advices report that a Ger- new army and drafts from the| Chambers of Commerce yesterday, French colonies. Andrew Bonar Law, Secretary of | State for the Colonies, divulged what | ie said was a Cabinet secret. "Ar % | rangements are being made," he #| said, "ofor an important economic «Conference of the Allies, tobe hold #! in Paris, at which every portion of | the Empire will be represented.- #| Among other matters we shill con- + sider whether it is possible in any "| sreater degree than is being done to # | utilize all the economic forces of the % | Allies during the progress of the war pitselt and, fr wddition, d16CHSE 4 pol- # | icy for sustaining such connection af- ter the war, - "He expressed his conviction that "| it was of the greatest importance to # the Empire that it should aim at ma- #| king itself self-contained and pro- figures | vide for all necessities within own *! borders He paid high tribute to %! the part the Dominions are taking in this war. "There always was strong sym- pathy between them and the mother Clayton, N.Y., March, 2.--Miss Country, he says, but there is some. Lena Fraser, daughter of Mr. and thing moré now I tell you, gentle- Mrs. George Fraser, aged 18 years, | men, that without their help we died at her home on Webb street could not ® possibly win this war. Monday afternoon. She had been! They have been generous in money ill for the past four or five montlisg and in kind, welding the Empire to- but, it was only since the first of th gether in a way that only war could year that her illness was regarded as | have done. serious. Many matters affecting trade and Miss Fraser was one of Clayton's | future policy will have been @iscus- most popular young ladies and for | Sed at the conclusion of. the war, but passing away removes one who was| in all we do the Dominions will have well thought-of by every one. | as much say as ourselves as to what Surviving 'her are her parents, two! that policy shall be." | : : : PROFIT ON CHEESE, Toronto, March 2.--The cost to Canadian producers of cheese is estimated liberally at ten cents per pound. A box of cheese weighing eighty-two pounds at an average price of sixteen cents during the past season amounts +o $13.32, the cost of which at ten cents per pound is $8.20. This leaves a riofit to the prodrcer of $4.95 a¢er box, and upon. this calzula- tion the aggregate profits on the past season's exports to the wrmers are in rourd $10,430,000. + & + ddd dl bbl bb edb P it bab b de Young Clayton Girl Dies, brothers, John Fraser of Bridgeport, | Conn., and Cameron Fraser of Clay- | ton, and one sister, Mrs. Frances! Lanegar of New. York, War Tidings. German /War Office admits a vio-| {lent bombardment in the Yser and| To Vote on Prohibition. | Champagne districts by the Allies'! Vancouver, March 2.--Premier guns. It is taken as foreshadowing Bowser came to terms with the pro- an offensive. hibitionists, and at the end of the| From the Verdun battlefield in year this province will be almost; North France scores of bodies of certain to join the "dry" column. The | French and German soldiers are be- Premier agreed to the prohibitionists' | ing swept into the North Sea by the proposal to submit a referen to! swollen Meuse river. - the electors dt the election, which | A Berlin despatch says that Prince must take place before June 1st. A Mirko of Montenegro has virtually take up peace negotiations Austria. The White Star Line hag cancelled {passage reserves for March. The | German submarine campaign had no effect in the matter, it. is reported. is to become law on Jan, 1st next if i wit carried. i: The Manitoba Legislature passed a resolution demanding free wheat. | | declaration is imminent. x against Por : '| Jority man U boat: Crew saved. T. R, FERGUSON "BROKE." A ---- + Cannot Pay Alimony, Though He Had Large Winnipeg, Mai, March 2.7, R. Ferguson, barrister, who recently re- ceived $38,000 for his work in in vestigating 'in the Laurier Govern. ment land dealings, and $17,000 ex- penses in connection therewith, sald in court he had no money and he could not pay alimony of $35 a week to his wife, recently awarded by a Judge against him. He said he was dependent on his brother in Toronto for support. He is $575 behind in the payments. The judge allowed him time to pay. QUEEN'S MAN HONORED ---- HIS. NAME HAS BEEN ME IN DESPATCHES, Lieui, T. D. Sneath Has Been in The Trenches Since November Last--He Is a Son-in-Lew of W. S. Herrington, K.C., Napanee. Lieut. T. D. Sneath, mentioned in Monday's despatches for his effici work in securing detailed reports of the enemy's defences, is a graduate of Queen's and a son-in-law of 'W. 8. Herrington, K. C., Napksee. He was one of the first offcers selected upon the organization of the Sth C.M.R. and spent a portion of last summer with hig battalion at Barriefield. He was in the draft that went to Eng- land in July last and after a special course in engineering was attached to the 5th C. M. R. He has been in the trenches since November last and up to the present has been for- tunate enough to escape the shells of the Germans. Lieut. Smith's friends are justly proud of his achievement. GERMANY TO DECLARE WAR ON PORTUGAL. It Satisfactory Reply Is Not Received To Its _Note. (Special to the Whig.) Amsterdam, March 2.--Germany is prepared to declare war on Portu- gal immediately in the event of an unsatisfactory reply to its note de- manding the release of seized Ger- man ships, sald a despatch from Ber | lin to-day. : Germans Leave Portugal. irs (Special to es hi 28 8 Lisbon, Mareh 2.--Sixty members of the German colony left hurriedly for Spain to-day on receipt of reports that German: declare ggar on Portugal. of German business have been closed. SEVERE PUNISMMENT. NTIONED | Both in Verdun And Cham i - (Special to the Whig. H London, March 3 -Oeabian artil- lery has opened a new bombardment of the positions, both in Verdun and Champagne districts, according - to -the resumption of the Verdun afte sive, or may have been igh shield troops' movements to eu French guns are replying to a vigorous bp . Fresnes, southeast of Véfdun. A Geneva despatch states that seve eral German commanders are op~ posed to resuming the offensive. Thousands of French wounded are arriving in Paris. ¢ res ports train.loads of German wound~ ed streaming through Northern France and Germany. One report said that 220 hospital trains with German wounded have reached Aix La Chapelle. Germans Can't Get In. (Special to the Whig.) Amsterdam, March Be Biconiriy ed reports from German sources toe day sald the French have evacuated Fort Devaux, one of the Verda forts, two miles south-east of Fort Dousumont. The position, it was stated was wrecked by German ar tillery fire. From the heights south of Douaumont the French have play- ed steady streams of fire over the ruined- fort and tfie Germans hdve been unable to occupy it. DAILY MEMORANDUM Band at Palace Rink to-night. Band at Covered' Rink to-night Frontenge Hockey Smoker, Ontario Hall, 8 'p.m. See top page 4 for probabilities. on to Toronto by . Fight hand corner, Hockey excursi GTR. 1255 pm, {Is on Sale at the Following City Stores: Xi 'Bucknell's News Depot Clarke, J. W. Co. SAEs ok, hors ou s e a Cullen's Grocery, Cor Frontenac Hotel . ibson's Drug St M MceGall rocery, Po. , GE Mole Union St. W : le { | LAWLESS--In Kingston, on 'Feb. 28th, \ 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lawless, 217 Montreal street, a'son. NORRIS---In Kingston, oh 25th, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. ne Norris, 360 Bagot street, a son. DIED, BIRTLES In Kingst on Tuesds, « Feb, 29th, at his late residence, UC oClergy sirest Wea Captain Henry * Oy8 Birtles ent | Funeral from his late tgsidence ol Friday 'afternoon at 2.30, to . | Pat aul Femme lery AD . "friends and acquaintances ar od to attend. XPath fully invit | BROWN---On_ Jan. 28rd, 1916, at L. Rat the home of her son, James Watertown, N.Y, ¢ «widow of the late formierly of Kinget DARLING --At Lake Inicon, Ont., on Feb. 29th, 1918, Shee Darling, Sr. aged fifty-sight years IN MEMORIAM. 'In ving memory of Joseph MeKenzie, who away fis {home in. Glenburnie, t, March 3h. 11915, aged twenty-thiee years, ve {months and twenty-six His loving faith we'll not forget, Though a year has SWAY; The loss of-him we * 'As keen as the firet day. HOY One tar, sweet flower hag drooped and One fair b y voice hag fled; . ve ] Sow te dead Ope loving brow Wor our loved one 'But we feel relief if He has knelt in soul-f Where the blessed angels bow, He 1s now where Karbs are rf ant a Reng Soh ite, n ving vi d a IWith glad spirit homme of ov z : = has pro he Ja that PY, . Christ will gather re our God For Windsor Soldiers----One Asleep, Special to the Whig.) Wibdeor, Mach 3 rivals Garvey, found asleep in 'when he should have --