~ heavigst of traffic, a THE ITALIANS ARE ACTIVE; Along the Whole Front And Threaten Goritz TIGHTEN THER RING ABOUT BRIDGEHEAD POSITION BY FRENCH CAPTURES, French Capture German Trenches In Carmeés Forest--No Infantry Attacks North of Verdun Sunday Night. : (Special to the Whig.) Rome, March 13.--After a lull of several months the Italians have suddenly become Intensely active | along the whole front. Formid- | ahle artillery actions are now occur- | ring on Carso plateau and a renewal | of the Italian onslaught on Goritz| is believed imminent. Advices from: the front to-day re- ported daily infantry actions around Goritz bridgehead. Heavy fighting | has occurred in the past eight days. | The Italians are making daily in- | fantry attacks against the entrench ment camp of Podgora before Gor- | itz, They have captured several | trenches and are tightening their! ring about the bridgehead position. | The Austrians are hurrying up re-| nforcements. ' French Capture Trenches. (Special to the Whig) i Paris, March 13.--Erench troops | stormed and captured more than 200 yards of German trenches in the Larmes Forest taking twenty pris- oners, the War Office announced this afternoon . The official statement reported an | intense.erman bombardment in the | regions of Douaumont, Bethincourt, | Woevre and Lepretro Woods, but no infantay attdcks north of Verdun last night. French war planes dropped thirty bombs on the railway station at Con- flans and returned unharmed. Else- | where n> important operations oc- | curred last night. STEEL BRIDGES FEATURE OF G. T. P. | Sixty-five Structures Measur- | ing 5.3 Miles Between Win- | nipeg and Prince Rupert, Montreal, March 13.--Ohe of the remarkable features of the Grand! Truk Pacific, the "bridges which | span the. various rivers and ravines, | are not the least significant They | meet the highest Government speci- fications for heavy stéel structures. | Between Wnipeg and Prince Ru- pert there are Sixty-five steel bridges, | "making the length of steel bridging | 5.3 miles. Three of the largest bridges on the line are on the Prairie Section, these being, South Saskat- chewan bridge at Saskatoon, 1,500 feet long and 71 feet high: Battle River bridge? 5,410 feet long, in- including approaches, and 190 feet high; and Clover Bar bridge, over the Nort: Saskatchewan River, 1. 653 feet long and 138 feet high. There are also three bridges on the Mountain Division over 1,000 feet in length, viz.: McLeod River bridge, 1.065 feet iong and 118 feet high; Ruu Shuswan Crossing, 1,030 feet lone and 190 feet high; Fraser River, Fourth Crossing, 2,650 feet long and 36 feet high. The highest bridge on the system is that over Pembina River at 'Mile 860 from Winnipes. height 208 feet. The Fraser River is crossed four times, steel bridges®eing at Miles 1073, 1187, 1233 and 1278 from Winnipeg. The mainland and Kalen Island (on which Prince Rupert is located), are connected by Zanard Rapids bridge, eight miles from Prince Rupert, 655 | feet long and 33 feet high. | With construction of the highest standard---a road bed eighteen feet | wide and with rails weighing eighty pounds to the yard the Grand Trunk Pacific is capable of handling the The territory through which it runs has wonderful resources. That it, was rich in minerals and timber, that its lands were fertile and would produce bountiful erops was known to the men who planned the road. , As construction went forward it has! become evident that their optimism | was justified. There Is scarcely 100 | miles of country threaded by the rail-| way which is not possible of econo- | mic dévelopment, Reichstag Visit To Bulgaria. Amsterdam, March 13.--A large number of members of the Reichstag representing all the members of the German parties, intend to make an extensive 'tour of Bulgaria, during April for ghe purpose of studying conditions' and business possibilities ik that scumtry, according to the Berlin Tageblatt. The parliamen- tarians will also visit Macedonia. EN i a pn, © rn. -- THE WHIG CONTENTS, Page ; . Jdtalians Are Active: Big Events Coming: Death Grip in Battle. 2--Sporting News: Poligg Court ra of the Troops In the City. 4--Editorial;: Random Reels; Walt Mason's Rhymes. - $--Tribute Paid Late Clergy- man; Message of History, ¢--Eastern Ontario News. t i--Amusements; Timely Ah- nouncements; The Forum. S--Military Matters: Theatrical | hig best troops against our iron wall, | their titanic effort the German Staff | mentarians who have | overseas service. | ion of New Brunswick, now being re- i freighter constructed for the George | was successfully launched from the 'KINGSTON, ONTARIO, MONDAY, MARCH 183, TO DO AS KINGSTON DOES, Toronto General Wakes Up Regard. "ing ' Misbehavior. Toronto, M: 13.--Owing to re- cent disturbances, Brig.-Gen. W. A. PTH OF ~ JHE NEWS Despatches From Near And Distant Places THE LATEST TIDINGS Logie and Chief Constable Lieut, H. . Grasett of Toronto, have announ- ced 'that in future ong company of soldiers will be.stationed down town in the evenings with a motor ' car patrol and the misbehaviour of sold- lers will be dealt with by soldiers themselves, instead of the civic po- lice, thus eliminating trouble be tween the civic and military officials regarding arrest and punishment, , PORK AND BEANS FOR ARMY. London, Ont.,, Company Awarded A PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's' Daily Condensation of The News Of the World From Telé- graph Service and Newspaper Ex. | changes, One of Toronto's new units is likely to have a platoon of Japs. | President Carranza tells the. Unit- ed States to stay out of Mexico. { Lieut." L. P. K. Gibson, Toronto, | Siccuinhed to wounds receive in ac- on. Those rejected for military ser-/ vice in Toronto will hereafter be gi- | ven a button to wear. i George W. Verral, a pioneer liv- ery man and baggage transfer agent, of Toronto, assigned. W. F. Carroll, M.P,, for Cape Bre- ton Soutl, has enlisted in the 185th | (New Brunswick) Battalion. | St. Mary's aimed at $12,000 for | the Canadian Patriotic Fund, and | collected $18,000 in two days. { Rev. F. M. Bellsmith, pastor of| Langford Avenue Methodist Church, Toronto, enlisted as a private. 4 note published in Lisbon show- ed that the requisition of German ships was suggested by Britain, | Grey ahd Bruce publishers, decia- | ed to advance the subscription price | of weeklies to $1,50, from July Ist. | The King of the Belgians has con ferred the Grand Cordon of the Or-| der of Leopold on Sir Robert Borden. The vote polled in the recent bye- | election in Peel County was the lar- | gest ever recorded in the history of the riding In its present area. | Joseph Batten, ex-Alderman of Peterborc', and a prominent Orange- | man, is dead, aged sixty-seven, Qnpe hundred and twenty-five ves- sels, of which thirteen are American, have been blacklisted by the British Admiralty. Rev. James Walker's wife died at | Guelph on Saturday, two days after he passed away, so there will be a double funeral to-day. Navigation was opened from Al- pena port, the Sylvia, a tug, setting out nets twenty-five, miles from Thunder.-Bay river... . Six C. P. R. conductors and three other men were committed for trial at Ottawa on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the company. A gaboline tank waggon in Wind- sor overturned into a ditch, burying one of the horses drawing it, which slowly smothered to death. Villa's plan to massacre five hun- dred American Mormon colonists of Chihuahua at Guzman, Mexico, has been foiled by the Carranzaistas. From 3,000 to 5,000 unmarried men and' childless widowers were re- gistéred in Winnipeg on the first day of enumeration by a Citizen's.-com- mittee. Dr. Lachlan McAlister, Ndttawa- saga Township Clerk, died at Dun- troon, aged seventy-three years, hav- ing been in public life more than forty years, The body of Thomas Butler, pri- vate, U. 8. A., was killed by Villa's raiders at Columbus, N.M., will be sent to the home of his parents in | Syracuse, N.Y. | By a vote of 22 to 21 the Quebec | Legislature Assembly voted down! the Cannon bill to allow women to practise the profession of law in this Province Soldiers of three battalion in Lon- | don made a demonstration against a| billiard parlor and seriously inter-| fered with business in a block during the busiest hours of the week. Ontario Government will impose a tax of one 'per cent, on all pay- | ments of fire insurance losses in On- | tario by ron-Ontario companies nor licensed ingthe province, Mr. Rowell, in thé Legislature, urged the need for advanced meas urés in order that the Government might cope with the situation in the readjustment period following the war. { Col. Herbert J. Slocum, in charge | of the cavalrymen in their battle with the Villa raiders at Columbus, | N.M,, and who fought with signal heroism against heavy odds, is a nep- | hew of Mrs. Russell Sage. | Two men jumped from a hiding | place in the Germania worsted mill Philadelphia, shot and killed a pay- | master, fatally wounded his assist-| ant and escaped with a satchel said | to contain $3,000. Four counts yet remain against the McCutcheon brothers to be dis-| posed of, but whether or not they! will be pressed is not known. One| $3,000,000 Order. London, Ont.,, March 13. -- Wil- Mam Gray, M.P., for London, has se- cured for this city 'the biggest war order that has yet come to Western Ontario. A London canning com- pany has been awarded an order for one miliion cases of pork and beans for the British army. The order amounts to $3,000,000. The fac- tory wil: have to be enlarged and much extra help secured. SURE THAT VERDUN WILL NOT BE TAKEN. The General Staff Will Have To Weaken Other Points. Paris, March 13.-- "The fighting will continue as bloody as ever dur. ing the coming week," says Lieut- Col. Rousset, the foremost French critie, regarding Verdun, "The Kaiser will continue to hurl LA EE EE EE EE EE but unless an entirely. unexpected change occurs Verdun will remain impregnable," says Major Civrieux. Le Matin and The Echo de Paris point out that in order to pursue must weaken other points of their front by withdrawing men, and also deplet their reserves still in Ger- many. W. F. CARROLL, M. P., ENLISTS. Liberal Member for Cape Breton Has Jdined Battalion. Ottawa, March 13.--Another mem- ber of-the House of Commons has joined the growing ranks of Parlia- enlisted for W. F. Carroll, Li- beral 'member for Cape Breton, one of the youngest members of the House, has joined the 185th Bajtal- cruited. Canadian Casualties, 2nd Battalion---8eriously wound ed, William R. Parker, West River street, Paris, 21st Battalion «-- Accidentally wounded, Pie. Lewis Strong, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Wounded--Pte. Maurice Button, Sussex, England; = Lance-Corporal Charles Dagnall, Liverpool, England. 5th Field Co., Canadian Divisional Engineers--Shell shock, Sapper Henri Marcoux, Montreal, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery--- Seriously ill, Driver Thomas M.-Lam- bert, 400 Barrie street, Kingston, Ont. New Freighter Launched. Detroit, March 13.--A steel bulk Hall Coal Co., of Ogdensburg, N.Y., Wyandotte yards of the Detroit Ship- building Co. yesterday afternoon. The new steamer will be known as the George L. Eaton, and is to be used in the' coal trade on the lower lakes and 'St. Lawrence river. She is of full Welland Canal size, 244 feet long, 43 feet beam, and 20.5 feet deep. Her carrying capacity is about 3,090 tons. Died Of Scarlet Fever. Belleville,»March 13.--Mrs, Edith Adelaide Weese, wife of Benjamin Weese, died on Thursday of scarlet fever at her home in Ameliasburg near Rossmore. She 'was (hirty years and eleven months old. Her maiden rame was Ed'th A. Post and her early years she spent at Ross- more, A large family of young chil- dren survives besides husband. Sev- eral of the children are ill witn the same malady. The remains were in- terred in Post's burying ground. Early Season Probable. Port Arthur, March 13.---Ice con- ditions seem favorable to an early opening of navigation. The ice- breaking tugs will be ready for or- ders to cut a channel any time after March 15th, and the first of April may see the boats moving. Grain in the elevators at the head of the lakes totals approximately 35,000,000 bushels. To Lose One Lung. Gananoque, March 13.--Pte. Jo- seph Lachapelle, of the 3rd Field Battery, who was seriously wounded in the big battle at Ypres, and who | peared: with his right hand . in J) service at the has been in hospitals in France and England since then, arrived home to- day.' His injuries were such that an operation removing one lung and part of the shoulder blade had to be performed. Three Years For Mail Clerk. North Bay, March 13.--The sen- tence of three years; with hard labor, was meted out to T. W. Harrison, a mail clerk on'the T. and N. O. Rail- way, by Magistrate Wegar for steal- ing letters containing money mailed on his run. Officer Killed in Making Flight, London, March 13.--Capt. G. C. Nicholson, only son of Sir Charles Nicholson, member of Parliament for the Eastern Division of Hamp- shire, was killed on Saturday while making a flight in England. Capt. Nicholson had seen several months' "x of Em thing seems sure, and it is that the charges will not be taken up at the] present Assizes in Toronto. | atten Kaiser's Fifth Son Married. Marie Snowstorm on the prairies of Man- {itoba, which will deter some farm- |ers from voting. | that the majority who do come out Amsterdam, March 13.--The mar- will vote two riage of Prince Joachim, the fifth son Manitoba Temperance Act. ror William, and Princess not be ugustine, daughter of Prince liquor men are wel Edward of Anhalt, was celebrated have been playing Saturday in the royal castle of Belle- tion for months to GAULT CASE OVER. ; -- ' ! But Senate Committee Gives No 'Hine! Of Its Decision, : Ottawa March 13.--The Gault "di. Vorce casé was completed before the Senate Divorce Committee Saturday afternoon. but no decision was reach- ed. Th case concluded with the evidence of Capt. 'Benson, Major Gault's brother-in-law, and with ' a re-examination on certain points 'of | Major Goult himself. | Saturday morning Mrs. Gault oc- i cupled the.stand for several hours. She denied the allegations contained in the petition and referred to differ- ences which had occurred betw herself and Major Gault for some time back. The: V BIG EVENTS Loge ees Pre Fo As a Forerunner. ANXIETY OF GERMANY Capt. Bruce Bain-Smith, .the co- \ respondent in the case, also denied the allegations against him. He Aap- x sling before him, and Dr. Laidlaw, who also testified, declared that he had not yet fully recovered from wounds received while in charge of the Mactine Gun Section' of 'the Princess Patricias at the front. It was while convalescing 'from hip wounds that the affair fharged by the petitioner is alleged ,té have we | curred, : Capt. Renson testified for the ap- plicant. : AEA RRR A 1 | ROUMANIA SEES END. Rome, March 13 --Corre- spondents at Bucharest affirms that the result of the struggle at 'Verdun will have an influ- ence or Roumania. In any case it is believed 'the country will not allow another spring and svmmer to pass. There is a general convietion the war will not last beyond 1916. Roumanian intervention- » ist newspapers unanimously de- clare that Roumania must en- ter the war by May, 1916, or ngver. FREER CYR RE RPRPP ERR E bE RER MRS. LANGLEY TRIES TO GET HUSBAND'S RELEASE. Wife of Man Captured With Edith Brooks in Ogdens- burg To Aid Him. Ogdensburg, N.Y., March 13.-- 'William Albert Langley and Edith Brooks, the Brockyille couple ar- rested' recently near Antwerp, fol- lowing their flight from Watertown, arg still detained in the county jail at Canton pending the receipt of de- portation papers from Washington. When tuese warrants arrive the cou- ple will be sent back over the border. Immigration officers report that the wife of Langley has undergone a change in| her attitude toward her recreant spouse, When he was first corraled, her frame of mind wis such that she, apparently, would Taye been pleased if Langley were transported to Siberia. A day or two ago, the officers report, she made a trip to this city to do what little she could to aid him out of his-difficulty. The ind'cations were that the two would b~ reconciled, if Langley man- ages to make a satisfactory account ing to the Canadian authorities, who are represented as being desirous of gaining custody of him. Langley and the Brooks woman are charged with having entered this country un- lawfully.' They eloped from Lind- say. WOMEN ARE AIDING IN WINNIPEG FIGHT. "Drys" Expect To Win--Wo- men to Photograph Im=- personators. Winnipeg, Man., March 13.--The "drys" will win with 15,000 major- ity, is the prediction made to-day by W. J. Battley, chief of the provincial morality squad. Betting is "almost a negligible quantity in the campaign, chi be- cause the "drys" generally are not betting men. . The "wets" have decided not to attempt prosecutions iu connection with placarding of house windows in favor of 'drys." This was announc- ed by Robert T. Ferguson, lawyer for the hotelmen. 2 A camera squad of 500 Winnipeg women will guard city polls to-day, according to an announcement made by Rev. J. N. MacLean, secretary of the Social Service Council. Women will co-operate with "dry" scrutineers, who have been supplied with a list of all absentees. Should a personator put in his appearance the scrutineer will signal a camera guard, who will snap the personator. The photograph will then be used in evidence in prosecution that fol- lows: Some. polls where plugging is anticipated will be guarded with two women photographers. Liquor Men Hopeful. (Special to the Whig.) Winnipeg, March 13.--There is al Indications are Lo one in favor of the It can- | denied however that the | organized and particular' atten- these foreign dis- vue, according to a despatch from tricts in which they can secure an Berlin. The marriage took place in | the presence of the Empress of Ger- many, the Duke and Duchess of An- halt and other relatives. William was not present. | > --------p---- March 23rd For Prohibition Bill. | {Special to the Whig.) * | Toronto, March 13.--The Prohibi- | tion Bill will be brought down about .23rd, according to a natant by Hon, W, J. Hanna to- Ys ; | overwhelming 'majority, with them the same working element with 'which Roblin won = Emperor | tions, and as they have They have 'his elec- plenty of money they believe they will come up to Winnipeg with an even break and are sure Winnipeg will go wet.' den, in answer to On Saturday the C.N.R.: express struck a spread rail near Colborne demni and the reer sleeper rolled down an they eight-fogt embankmen Welland, had a rid broken, t. J. Keeper, Err rt I PEEING RFE Ie AS TO FINANCES A FEATURE OF WEEK-END, nkers Are Particularly N us As To Result At Verdun Owing %o 'the Impending Loan, New York, March 13.--A special cable to the Evening Post from Lam- don, says: * The viclent - Fd continued mili- tary activity on the western battle front has only, anticipated by a few weeks wha. yas commonly expected before the erman' attack began. The belief ¥s now generally held that developm¢nts of the highest impor- tance, rofarding the war as a whole, 2 looked for in the next few montis, | Phe best indication of the real ition, in the city's judgment, is tainable neither from the British lor the Ge Tmatpress, but from such cold facts az the depreciation of Reichsmark and the known anxiety of German financiers concerning re- sults at Verdun, Whether that ac- tion was or was not accelerated by the pend'ng German loan, a com- plete failure of the attack might easily have far-reaching, even if not conclusive, consequences. The voto in. the United States Congress 01 the armed ship question is naturally regarded as an import- ant turn in the situation. But it Is fully recognized that the President's problem will remain most difficult, because, whiie American commerciai and financial interests prescribes the United States keeping out of war, it is equally inevitable that the Ameri- can Government should make abso- lutely clea: its disapproval of any action by ony belligerent violating the laws of civilization. In view of the severity of the im- pending military engagements anda the unprecedented employment of-ar- tillery during the past fortnight, and in view also of the large bodies of new troops which our own partial conscription 1s creating, there is no likelihood that orders for munitions will relax. to any large extent. Fur- thermore, the belief is firmly held here that each new violation by Gers many of the principles of hunlane warfare 'renders any inconclusive peace impossible. No one heré ean pretend to know the actual present feeling of the whole German people. But the two considerations - which govern judgment of the matter hére are our belief that the German pub- lic has been grossly misled regarding the real pesition, and that thelf Gov- ernments financial tactics were con- sistent y with an early victory. War Tidings. Germany has asked Spain to re- present German interests at Lisbow, Heavy fighting has been resumed between the Austrians and the Ital- ans. The British official report says that artillery on both sides are active about 'Albert Hulluch and Ypres. The Germans after a heavy artil- | lery bombardment on Saturday after- noon attacked the French positions, | on the east front of the Verdun sec- | tor and succeeded in capturing a small trench north of Eix, A Germ@mn fokker machine was | brought down Saturday in the region | of Douaumont. | It is understood that Winston Churchill left for France Sunday to | join his regiment, * | A Berlin report from Sofia, Bul-| garia, says a Russian torpedo boat | was sunk by a m'ne in the Black Sea | off the coast of Bulgaria. | Berlin official statement claims the | capture of 26,000 unwounded French | since the beginning of Verdun battle | three weeks ago. The British Admiralty aonounced that the mercantile fleet auxiliary Fauvette struck a mine and sank. Fourteen of the crew were' lost, Rome official statement says Ital- ian troops have reached the enemy lines at several places along the] Isonzo front. GERMANS HAVE KILLED 3,153 NON-COMBATANTS. Nearly THFe Hundred Lost. Their Lives in the Aerial | Raids. London, March 13.--The number of non-combatants killed by Great Britain's enemies since the Mbegin- ning of the war aggregates 3,153, Premier Asquith writes in reply to a request for information by Major Hunter. Forty-nine men, 39 wf§nen and 39 children were killed in coast bombardments. One hundred and twenty-seven men, 92 women and 57 children were killed in air raids. Ap- proximately 2,750 non-combatants lost thei: lives on board British mer- chant ard fishing vessels between Aug. 4th, 1914, and March 8th, 1916 but e detailed figures are not avail- le. . . 'Draw Double Pay. Ottawa, March 13.--Premier Bor A question as to 3 of Parliament g with the Jorces drew both if- ty and service pay, said that did, but the Government was considering whether it should follow whether mentbers serv Imperial precedent in the matter, [Every Mam On the Haider Homorell Detroit, Mich., March 13 _Seven- ty-seven men and elght women were taken into custody by the ice Sat- urday in the second raid in 24 hours on hotels and pool halls which have been _under . surveillance for, several weeks. The announcement purpose of the raids is to bregk up a large bank of so-called gunmien and other alleged criminals who have been making Detroit their headquarters. FIGHTING AT VERDUN CONTINUES VIOLENT. Germans Apparently Prepar- ing to Storm the French Positions. (Special*to the Whig.) London, March 13.--The battle of Verdun entered its fourth week to- day with reports of intense artillery battling areund Forts Douaumont and Vaux and at Bethincourt on the west bank of the Meuse, evidently in preparation for heavy infantry at- tacks, The Germans searched out the French front ail day Sunday with a terrific hail of steel projectiles. The French accepted the cannonading as thé@@fere-runner of renewed attempts against Fort, Vaux and the positions north-west of Verdun and made | ready to meet the assault. Despatches from Berlin to-day contained the first admission from German sources that the Teutons no | longer hold Vaux Fort. An 'official statement two days ago admitted that the French by counter-attacks had gained a foothold in the fort. ¢ Rh S EN KAISER'S ONLY CHANCE SENATOR HUMBER OF FRENCH 'ATIMY COMMISSION SPEAKS The Germans Are Hurling the Whole Of Their Availablé Strength man Must Face The Issue With: Courage. f By Senator Humbert, Paris, March 13.--Now that it is clear that we are in for a duel to the death the Germans are fot going tv limit their offensive or return to temporizing tactics. They are now hurling the whole of their available strength against France as they did against Rusia last spring. The enemy doés not merely 'wish to-help along a loan or to intimate neutrals, such a policy would be no good now, for he has reached the last of his resources, The Kaiser seeks a definite vie- tory. Ho féels that time presses. England is massing her strength, Russia is reconstituting her army and Italy is resharpening her sword. J Major Moroht, military critic of the Berlin Tageblatt, reports that Posen reservists who occupied Fort | Vaux were driven out, but expresses the hape that their repulse is only temporary. An Estimate Made. (Special to the Whig.) Paris, March 13.--German losses in the first three weeks of the Ver- dun offensive were estimated at 200,- | 000 in an official statement issued by the French War Office to-day. LIEUT. E. A. BAKER | GETS FRENCH CROSS. Another Queen's Graduate To Be Honored By President of France. Fr distinguished bravery on the field, Lieut. Edwin A. Baker, Company, Canadian Engineers, son | of John Baker, Collins Bay, R. M. D. No. 2, has been awarded the French Croix de Guerre (similar to the British Military Cross), by the 'President of France. It' will be remembered that Lieut. Baker lost his -eyesight during an engagement in France, in which » company of Queen's Enginéers, of which he was in command and held the Canadian limes after the | infantry was forced to retire. Lieut.) He was struck in the eyes by a German Bullet. When the authorities he was recommended for a British Military Cross. Since he hag beén in England Mr. | Pearson, publisher of the Pearson's | Magazine, has taken a great interest in the young Queen's Engineer. At] the present time Lieut. Baker is at | thé home of Mr. Pearson, where he is | being trained for service, cent letter to his parents he stated | that he was getting along very well | with his studies, and he expected | that it would not be very long until | he would be able to get out and earn a living for himself. ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL IS CLEAR OF DEBT. Parish Hall, New Churth and Boarding School To Be Built. Archbishop Spratt spoke" in St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday morn- ing, Wnd the statistics given the con- gregation on the financial condition of the cathedral were a pleasant sur- prise and a tribute to the financial ability of the archbishop. For many years the congregation has Heep paying the interest on an | original debt of $63,000, until over $117 000 'has been paid in interest. | The archbishop came here five years ago, and immediately applied his financial talent to wipe out the debt. In the first year he cleared off $40,- 000 of the amount, and last fall was able to announce that it had been completely taken off. To-day there is a surplus of $6,000. His Grace urged a cogptinuance of the offerings, as more mdney is need- ed for different undertakings. A parish hall is a necessity for the holding of meetings of the different Roman Catholic societies. This must come in a couple of years. A new church will be built near Regio- polis College, but two-thirds of this amount must be subscribed before CHIP 4 | | ® , came up | Baker did not receive orders to hold | % the lines, but he saw the great need | % of men and brought up the engi-| | neers. [+ matter was reported to the British | In a re-| Therefore he has fallen upon us and he will not halt, Be it at Verdun or elsewhere we must Tully expect the battle to go on with increasing intensity until one of the adversaries drops exhausted | from blood letting. Either Germany slays France or she falls--that is | the alternative and every French, man must face it coolly, Alive With 3} Movement Paris, March --A despatch | from Milan says that in addition to a great movement of troops along the Rbine there are reports to-day of heavy inilitary transport om all railways in the direction of Alsace. The Germans are sending reinforce. ments en masse to Verdun, urther proof that a gigantic ef- fort is being made is afforded by the calling to the front of all the dis- qualified men from 19 to 40 years No. 6 | old. : All Germany, says the despatch, is alive with military movements ward the French, front. . : * es * WAR BULLETINS. * Grand Duke Nicliolas' army + ehroute to Bagdad has ocoupied % the town of Kirind, * ar: ia +* Le Matin of Paris says the French losses at Verdun are considerably lower than those during the Champagne offen- sive. + {4 A German plane was # sighted approaching - North % Foreland Sunday at noon and # was pursued by a British aero- "+ plane. + + +* + + * Roumanians clashed with Bulgars and- Austriens and there were many casualties. Roumania and Russia have reached an agreement permit- ting Roumania to purchase war material in Russia and to trans- port it through Ruseia. A large number of Canadians have been decorated with the distinguished conduct medal. -* +> * + * -- I General Long, director of supplies and transports, has rve- signed, CEPR PEP PPP IP BGPP 442020242424 00D DAILY MEM City Council, 8 pm. : "Birth of a INatien," Grand, 8.15, Band at Palace Rink to-night. Cotfnty Council, 3.30 pny, Tuesday. See top page 4, right hand corhen for probabllities. BORN. TENKINS--In Kingston, on Feb. 28th" 1916, to Mr. and Mre. M. E. Jenkins, J12 Johnson street, a son. DIED, BUSHELL-At Kingston, Ont., Canada, , Saturday, March 11th, 1916, Cather- ine Shaw, aged 91 yetirs, widow of the late John Bushell. Interment took place at Cataraqul »* cemetery this afternoon. ELY--In Kingston, on day, March 12th, 1916, at the, one of his son-in-law, R. E.' Aiken, 145 Col- lingwood street, Samuel Ely, aged eighty-four years. Funeral private. Please omit flowers. REA--In. Glencoe, Ont on March 11th, 1846, Pte. Allan H. Rea, son of the late Capfain Rea, aged thirty-seven years. : Funeral of a military nature from R, J. Reid's undertaking rlors, Tues. day afternoom, at 3. ie Friends and acquaintances Are réspecte fully invited to a the first sod is turned. : In referring to the diocese work, the archbishop said that a $100,000 boarding school will' be built near Regiopolis College. : CROSSES FOR MOEWE CREW. the Kaiser, 5 Berlin, via Sayville wireless, March 12 --Emperor William has awarded the iron cross to the éntire crew of the raider Moewe, and grant- ed every n aboard a special leave of absence for several weeks, in re: cognition of the cruiser's exploits. The Moewe's sailors have receif- ed order to or the Moewe's adventures during, her raidivg expedition. Phome 577. speak as little as possible C: ROBERT 1, BED 280 Princess Street.