With the American Army, March 20 (via wireless to Columbus, N. M.) --After penetrating more than 110 miles into gh this place only a few Ago. The latest information Villa's present whereabouts placed the ranch of Candelario Her- one of the sub-chiefs with the ad against Columbus. Dash Led By Pershing. General John J. Pershing person- ally led the flying cavalry column in the 110-mile dash. Every man in his They Pressed through a section of Mexico 'where water was scarce. For such @ large body of men the speed main- tained was remarkable and the good condition in which through was inspiring. a few cavalry horses and pack mules were 1 the vietims of hard-ridden , ~The they = came a reached the + but , fit fof action' and eager for the pursuit of bi th to begin in earnest. Here they Villa had retroais and that be had killed resi- Villa 'Abandons 'Wounded. El Paso, 'March 20.--Villa reached | near the lake of that name in Shico Guerrero region, after having 'abandoned thirty of his wounded at ElValle, according to a telegram received to-day by Gen- eral Gavira at Juarez from Colonel Nieto Macias, the Pearson. This places Villa a little beyond Las Cruces, where the Carranza of- } him Saturday. Villa fled to avoid conflict with the Carranza troops finder Colonel Cano. WAR PROFITEERING BY TORY PATRONAGE. Loggie Dec Declares Firm Named in Report Does Not Exist. p------ Ottawa, March 20.--How. party patronage operates in the letting of contracts for es for soldiers' camps was well illustrated in Par liament. The House was consider- ing the taxation resolutions, when in the co! of the discussion. WwW. 8. Loggie, of Northumberland, wven~ tured the remark that war profi- teering had been mede possible by patronage. "Oh, no," interrupted Sir Thomas White. "Well, if the Minister will exam. ine the Auditor-General's report he will ind 1,040 pounds of potatoes 8! the Militia Department at seven cents per pound. This means het the Be Sonn ment paid the absurd- of $7 per barrel, which 4 bad SR what is far worse is that the company given in the report does commander at INCIDENT OF PATHOS Paris; March 20.--A most pathetic Just Deen . It begins with the following telephone conversa- "Hello Is that the farm? Who is speaking?" "This is the Post Commander talk- "How many men have you there." "Fifteen." "Leave your Senior charge of the redoubt. men off and cut a strong patrol which bas just entered the wood, but look out for a cross fire. Report to me immediately on your return.' 2 This conversation occurred at mid- night, An hour later the German patrol had been annihilated, and the picket returnéd to the redoubt, car- rying a Lieutenant mortally wound- ed. The Post Commander sprang to the telephone. 'Hello The coup succeeded, but Lieutenant X. is dying. Can you sen a doctor?" An exclamation of grief came from the other end of the line. Thera was a pause, then an impassive voice wus heart saying: "Never mind the doctor, Rum im- mediately to the dugouts. The Ger- mans are about to attack. IT am sending you three platoons of rein- forcements." 4A pause ensued and then the same voice resumed in broken tones: "Hello! Are you still there? Kiss Lieutenant X. for me. He is'my son. Good-bye." DEPRESSION IN BERLIN People In German Capital Wey of th Va MUNICIPALITIES - STRIVING KEEP ENOYGH GOING In Order to Fight off Starvation -- The People Allowed to Read French, English And Italian Pap- ers. vol * Sofia, March 20.--Berlin's war- weariness is described by M: Erno Garami, who was just returned from a visit to Germany after being a So- cialist deputy at the Hague. "The Berlin people are depressed ahd sad; they do not enjoy them- selves," said M. Garami, who cannot be regarded as biased. 'The musie- halls close at eleven, whether the performance is at an end or net. Dancing is prohibited, and as a mat- Jor of fact, nobody thinks of danc- ng. "The hundred thousand workers who lost their jobs in consequence of the total stoppage of German indus- try are given work by the communi- ties, so as to make their lot more en- durable. In Berlin they are build- ing underground railway lines many miles long.,and in fact everywhere the work of building and reconstruction is going on, all at municipal or state expense, for private enterprise is at a standstill. "Another difference is also notice- able. Nobody is shouting victory, as they do in Vienna and Budapest, not even in the cafes. Everybody speaks softly, everybody would like to see the end of the war, but every Berliner knows that peace does not rest with the German Government, but with the Entente Powers, and in consequence they have resigned themselves to suffer to the end. "In the cafes it is interesting to note the psychology of these people. They are allowed to read the French, English and Italian papers, and the rush for these when they arrive in the afternoon is most significant. BEv- erybody seems to understand the En- tente languages, and they tear the TO the | English papers out of eath other's hands in their eagerness to read the y | WAT news." - fla Kile Americans Church anes LAttaek; Big 'Review; Street XR. Co. Objects: © s Matters; The LAST OF ALLEN CLAN KILLED. J9ack Allen Falls in the Notorious incident of the battle of Verdun has) 'wild, the FROM VERDUN FRONT. ei . i Shown By Germans in tacks big BY FRENCH GUNS, PARIS OFFICE SAYS WAR Violent Cannonading West of Dead Man Hill, (Special to the Whig aris, March 20. Ingermittent bombardment around Vaux village, northeast of Verdun and Mvely can- nonading around Eparges on the Meuse heights to the south east, was reported in this afternoon's official statement from the War Office, The repulse of a German infantry attack against Pepper Heights posi- tion, four miles north of Verdun, was also announced by the War Office, The Germans attacked after" an artillery bombtirdment of the French positions. The assault show- ed the same lack of spirit displayed by the Germans in the recent fighting around Verdun and was stopped by the French guns, West of the Meuse violent can- nonading occurred last night in the region south of Malancourt, west of Dead Man Hill. Avon To Relinquish (Special to the Whig.) London, March 20 --Berne des- patches reported to-day that it has been learned positively that the Crown Prince is about to relinquish command of the army of the Lor- raine, as the result of his failure at Verdun. French Made Attacks, (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, March 20---Repulse of French attacks around Fort Douau- mont and Vaux village was reported by the War Office in an official state ment this afternoon. BULGARIAN PREMIER ESCAPED ASSASSIN. Wh Fired At Him--A Student Disarmed Would-be Assassin. Bo the Whig.) London. Ma Mace She Whig Ra- doslavoff of irre was attacked by a would-be assassin while riding in an open carriage in the streets of Sofia yesterday, according to des- patches from both Rome and Parls thie afternoon. A postal employee named Ivanoff fired two shots at Radoslavoff. The first bullet went second wounded the Prime Minister's coachman. Be- fore Ivanoff could fire again a stu- dent Sprang upon him and disarmed him, The Premier himself escaped unhurt, The Bulgarian Pyemlier is one of the dominating figures in Balkan politics. He occupied a particular- ly prominent position during the ne- gotiations preceeding Bulgaria's en- trance into the war. PORT DALHOUSIE 18 REPORTED SUNK. Several of "Orew Drowned-- "Steamer Owned by Fors warders Ltd., Kingston. Special to the Wh London: a March 20. The British steamer Port Dalhousie and the Nor- wegian steamer Langeli have been sunk with the loss of several lives. Seven of the crew of the Port Dal- housie have been rescued, but sev- eral others are missing. Sixteen of the survivors of the Langeli were picked up. The steamer Port Dalhousie was owned by the Forwarders' Limited, Kingston. ~ The last report of her movements was her departure from Swansea, England, on Feb. 10th. She was built in Newcastle in 1913, was 250 feet long and 1,744 gross tonnage. She formerly plied be- tween upper lake ports and Kings- n. R. A. McLelland, Kingston, a mem- ber of the Forwarders' Limited, is in England at present. "ILL WERE STOPPED, = Hon. Javon Bult Asks. For the Co-operation and Reeves, Toronte, March 20.--The il. zation of the labor rare province to help out the farmers is the aim of Hon. James Duff, Minis- ter of Agriculture. Hom. Mr. Duff is sending a lettér to the mayors and Co-operation in 'ng retired farmers and men but partially. employed to go upon' the farms to take the places of the young men who have enlisted. "There dre," he says, residing in practically every city, town and vil- lage in the province a number of men who are net fully employed, includ. ing many wlio have retired from farms, but who still énjoy health and vigor, which would enable them to render excellent service at the pres- ent time. I have thought that you could render valuable assistance by bringing to the attention of such of thece as may be residents in your mu- nicipality the urgent need which there will be during the coming sea- son for their ald and their experi- ence, "The local branches of this de- partment, one of which is possibly in your county, if not in your town, will be glad to act as an intermediary, taking the names of those who will volunteer for service and Riso of far- mers who desire help of this nature. The office of the Director of Coloni- zation, Parliament buildings, is also ready to render assistance in eonnec- tion with the placing of men who may not have other plans." ------------ ARE AGREED {That the End of the War Is Not Far Of STATEWENT OF RIBOT SIMILAR TO THAT OF €ANADA'S FINANCE MINISTER. . : Financial in Possession of the Resources Of Germmny. Have at Last Been Serionsly Orippled. Ottawa, March 20.---The state ment of Alexander Ribot, French Minister of Finance, in the Paris Chamber of Deputies, that the end of the war was in sight, is regarded amongst the parliamentarians. as- sembled here as of the greatest sig- nificance. While M. Ribot was saying that "Without exaggeration, without illu- sion and without vain optimism, we now see the end of this horrible war, Sir Thomas White, the Cana- dian Minister of Finance, was say- ing in the Canadian Parliament that he could not agree with the state- ment made that the ag would not be over for two years yet "For myself," Nb said, "I can scarcely see how that is possible. Rightly or wrongly, financial author: ities are credited with knowing more about the possibilities of the dura- tion of the war than even the sol- diery," and the words of Sir Phom- as Friday night created a good deal ot satisfaction amongst the members are. The coincidence that two of the fi- nance ministers of Allied . Govern ments should almost at the same mo- ment express the optimistic : view that the end of the war wag near at hand, is regarded as showing. that the financial authorities are in pos. that the resources of Germany have at last been seriously crippled. wr ------------ WOMEN COOK FOR SOLDIERS. Employed In Casernes And Depots of French Army, Paris, March 20.--The general in commend of the Place of Marseilles has initiated the use of women as cooks in the French army. This is the first time women have been admitt to a rervice so intimately associa with soldiering. So far the women cooks, of whom there are four, all widows of soldiers, have worked only pproved of 'the schenie and it is planned to em-} and de at the rear, The women are paid slightly more than usual <ooks' wages. i FEO4 225000420000 %0 a * 4 session of trustworthy informations ploy women cooks in many casernes, | a. THE WEST IS NOT INCLINED TO LET IT FAIL. Some Form of Effort For What the Great Majority Are Convinced the Present Situation And the Future of the Country Demands--Organi- zation Along Democratic Lines. Toronto, March 20.--Another at- tempt is proposed to secure a union of the Presbyterians, Methodists and Congregationalists. The resolutions of leading Presbyteries in favor of church union just recorded, in 'spite of the substantial minority vote by one-third of the members at large against union, is expected to create a critical situation at the meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly at Winnipeg. This it is conceded by the opponents of union will be inter- rupted by the overwhelming senti- ment in the western provinces, being almost a unit for the amalgamation in one church body of the three de- nominations. A big vote in several of the western provinces by local churches and the formation of dis- trict and city union churches is pro- phesied, should the Presbyterian General Assembly take no action au- thorizing local church union as a step towards union on a Dominion- wide scale. The new movement for church union is not confined to the Presbyte, ries, but has been started in the Methodist Church by a forceful ap- proval to Rev. Dr. 8. D. Crown, gen- eral superintendent of the Methodist Church, made in behalf of the west by Rev. G. D. Armstrong. The appeal which forms a vote, made to the Rev. Dr. Chown says: "Those favorable to organic union in the three negotiating churches should unite immediately upon the basis of union. Such a union would embrace the' Methodist 'and Congre- gational churches almost in their en- tirety, dnd the great majority of the Presbyterian churches as well. 'It has been argued that the set- tlement of this question should be postponed. until after the war is over, and that the churches should devote all their energies to' the conflict in which the empire is engaged. In re- ply to this it may be said that the church as an institution can. 8erve the empire effectively by perfecting its own organization along democra- tic and national lines. "It is certain that the movement looking toward organic union or some other form of co-operative effort is rapidly approaching a cumulation of a crisis of the utmost importance to all concerned. Want Democratic Church. "After such careful and 'prolonged effort to find a satisfactory basis for a union church, which would be, so far as possible, national in scope, the Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian churches can hardly dare to content themselves with the idea that the effert of the church union committee have failed. "It is reasonable to expect' that these bodies will not passively accept/ k the adverse votes recently given as final, but will actively contrive some form of effort for what the great ma- jority are convinced the present situation and the future of eur eoun- try demands. "The result of the vote in the Presgyterian Church is disappoint- ing, but not altogether unexpected. Reformers seeking drastic changes in legislation would be justified with sfich a verdict in their favor in de- anding aggressive action on the part of any legislation. The church should be guided by the democratic principles which she insists that par- liament should follow in granting reforms. In the judgment of those who have had practical experience in places where the present scheme of co-operation has been, tried, or- ganic union would be more easily accomplished and organization along democratic and nation lines. Post-bellam Probléms. "Problems of such pressing inter- est will present themselves to the church when the war is over that it will find itself tasked beyond income to meet them if jt should now be Sontem to follow 8 policy of marking Seber btt ee A Ban Put Upon Luxurles-- 'Ships Are Needed to Carry London, March 20.--A far-reagh- ing order-in-couneil which will total. ly prohibit importation into the United Kingdom of a large number of articles which come under the general heading of luxuries will be issued by the Britisr Government at an early date, Among the things which will be placed under the ban wijl be auto- mobiles for private use, musical in- struments, cutlery of all kinds, hard- ware, yarns, chinaware, fancy goods and soaps. The order will apply equally to all countries, including the British dominions and colonies. "The issuance of this order is forced o nthe country---mnot as a mat- ter of policy, but entirely because of a shortage in tonnage says Hon. Mr. Runciman 'We want exports from the United States; we want your wheat, cotton and meat and we need other things we cannot get if the space aboard vessels is taken up with lux- uries. Everything possible is being dong to relieve the shortage in ships, Every ship flying the British flag s now controlled by(the government.' Teutons Rob Poland Of Foodstuffs. Londen, March 20.--"Absolute proof that Germany and Austria are robbing Poland of foodstuffs existing in the conquered territory has been obtained by Great Britain," declared Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Block- ade, in an interview. Americans have heard only one side of the situation in Poland. SEAPLANES WERE BUSY Nine Were Kiled, Thirty Hurt, Westy Chi IN VICINITY OF DOVER OCCUPANTS OF ONE PLANE BROUGHT DOWN AND KILLED. The Canadian Hospital at Ramsgate Was. Bombed---There Casnalties--Another One ' Landed In Holland and Observers Were Interned. (Special to the Whig.) London, March 20.--German sea- planes bombarded Dover and vieln- ity on Sunday killing nine and injur- ing thirty, mostly children. One German seaplane was brought down by a British warship and the occu- pants killed. Another one landed in Holland and the observers in- terned. The Canadian hospital at Ramsgate was 'bombed with minor casualties. The AHies Realise. (Spécial to the 'Whig London, March 20.--In Potaliation for Sunday's raid by the German sea- planes on the English east-coast towns, sixty-five British, French and Belgian planes attacked Zeebrugge, the German submarine and seaplane base and the Belgian town of Houl- tade, at an early hour this momm- ng. Fifty of the raiding geroplanes carried two hundred pounds of bombs each, They rained these miss- {1és down under the seaplane station at Zeebrugge and the German aero- drome at Houltade. Fifteen armor- ed fighting planes convoyed the bom- barding airéraft tb the Belgian town to engage the enemy airmen. The Admiralty announced this afternoon that all the allied planes returned safely to, their bases. To Continue Retaliation Policy. To-day's air raid on the German seaplane base, one of the greatest sky attacks made by the Allies in Belgium in many months. It was al- 80 the first ipstance in which allied airmen carried the war to the en- emy's air camp immediately after an alr invasion of England. This policy, it is understood, will be pursued in every case hereafter. Lord Derby made this decision immedidtely after he assumed office "as unofficial avia- tion minister" Sunday's air' raid on England, in which eleven persons were killed and more than thirty injured, was only one of a number directed by the Germans from the seaplane base at Zeébrugge, pura few hours' flight adroms the English Chanael. Clilnese Troops Revolt. Tokio, March 20.--Advices from Chinese revolutionary sources state [that 5,000 government troops in Wai- showfu, province of Kwangtung, have revolted and joined the the revolution: aries, who are concerted ttack on Fi oy Should Canton 1, it is expected that Dr. Sun Yat Sen will proceed there and endeavor to establish an independent govern- ment. " L (Special to the Whig.) ais March 20 LE SEBO HOB e0N? bom Fru, AUSTRIANS COMPELLED T0 GIVE GROUND NEAR VOOIE- CZKO BRIDGEHEAD, Attacks Apparently To Prevent Shifting of More German Troops To Western Front--Germans Pre- pare to Withdraw From Verdun Attempt, lal to th A 3 London,' Maren: 20. Hea Rus- sian attacks on both the A: and tem= porarily to-day from the waning Germen offensive around Verdun. An official statement from the Aus- trian War Office to-day admitted the Austrians were compelled to ve ground near Vocieczko bridgehead. The Slavg attacks violently with grenades, following an ° artillery bombardment. "Our defence line was 'somewhat withdrawn," admited thé Austrian War Office, "but all attacks at other points were repulsed." Petrograd despatches to-day were silent on the new Russian offensive. It was believed here that the Russian strokes were delivered to prevent the shifting of more German troops to the western front. Developments of the last forty- eight hours have increased the belief in Paris that the Crown Prince is pre- paring to withdraw from the Ver- dun attempt. War Tidings. The German Government has or- dered an investigation of the Tuban- tia disaster. Aflidavits are to be se- cared from passengers and the crew. Turkish troops, led by German offi- cers, attacked British troops defend- izg Aden, in Arabia, but were repuls-~ ed, says the War Office. At-Paris it is officially denied that the German forces are holding' any portion of Deadman's Hill A Budapest despatch says Austro- Hungarian casualties during the War are 4,000,000, The Hungarians have lost 400,000 killed. Russian Steamé Torpedo. (Special to the Wh Petrograd, March 20.--The Rus- sian steamer Noera Jaslabda was tor- pédoed in the northern Atlantic on March 9th, according to advices re- ceived here to-day. All members of the crew are believed to have been saved. J. P. Morgan, head of the banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., who ar-_ rived at New York Saturday from Liverpool on the steamship Philadel- phia, reiterated the denial recently issued from his office here that a new credit against American securi- ties for the Entente Allies, sald to have been mobilized in London, had been arranged by him. DAILY MEMOLRANDUM tBand at .Palace Rink to-night. wan Court, 9 a.m. Tuesday. See bags 4, right hand corner, for orobabill mA mn THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the the Following City ig Bt Up k Alfred Ontario St Bucknell's News + epet +.295 § Clarke, J. W. & Co. .... College Book Sore vie ad63 Coulter's Groce! 200 Cullen' Grocery. Y cor. Princess Frontenac Hotel . Gibson's Drug rea C.V.F. Southcott's MoAulays Egat Stor esr I's Cas St ore, " Molgod's G M s Drug & Pal C. a Prouse's Valleau's Grocery . . BORN DIOK---In Kingston, on March 18th, 19186, to Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Dick, 360 Brock, a son. MURRAY--In Kingston, on March 19th, 4916, to Mr. and Mrs. K. Murray, a First sireet, a daugater. Am DIED, HORN G---In aged ity al Sant. JSeorge » Horne, Punersl ged James Regs { ubdertak- ing rooms, to Trinity Church, Wolfe island, Tueeday, at ten o'clock. ORSER---dn General ital, Ki on March isth. 19186, neth aged 58 yea Funeral Corban from: his late resi. dence, 4 after- o'el o> 1x noon, at ul vial ital, on WULBON---In Hotel 1, arch 18th, ie Rie , Thomas Vincent, infant son of Corporal BE.