Open Terrific Fire on French ch Positions And Make Danger Loop in French Froat---Bavarians Striving To Cut Through Intervening Four Miles. London, March 24. German troops have resumed heavy allacks against the French front north-west of Verdun, ac- cording to Paris despatches to-day, : Following a twenty-four- hour' lull, the Germans turned a terrific fire o Deadman's Hil day. tor is about to commence, w= French guns French positions on Malincourt and around roared in reply all day yester- It is believed in Paris that a decisive battle in this see- By battering through the French lines in Avoncourt, the tirown Prince bent the ous loop. man's wooded lain with heavy fire. On rench front in the Shaje: 0 German artillery hoisted on a ric ¥l on the north-east side is sweeping four miles of fa danger- near Dead- e south-western side, Bavarian regiments are striv- ing to cul through the intervening four miles, cutting off the French forces holding Bethincourt and Malincourt, of the loop. the head French artillery kept up a heavy bombardment of Ger- man the "1 ed this afternoon. Verdun, the night was calm. positions in the woods south of Malancourt last night, but eutons made no infantry attacks, the War. Office report- On the rest of the front, north-west of On the west bank of the Meuse an intermittent bom- bardment occurred around Douaumont and Damloup. In the Waevre regions the artillery fire was most violent near Mou- lainville and Eparges, French troops occupied a mine. crater near Hill 285 in the Argonne. during the night. ilsewhere there were no important actions HOTEL ACEONMODATIN BEING CONSIDERED BY THE ON- TARIO GOVERNMENT. Municipalities May Be Allowed To | Invest Funds in Hotel Proposition | And Give Tax Hxtuption. (Special to the Wh Toronto, March 2 4. EN Provin- | ACCUSED OF POISONING HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. |A New York Den Dentist Stands Charged With Death of Mil= Honaire Peck. New York, March 24.--In a stu- por _from self- administered drugs, Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, a dentist and prominent as a tennis player, cial Government is understood to be | was in the custody of detectives Jast giving consideration to legislation | which will help to solve the problem of future hotel accommodation in towns and villages of the province, where the possibility exists that some hotels now. (ow. aparating. ander license may close enforcement of prohibition. This legislation, it is stated, will be in the difettion of widening the powers of mubicipglities so as to give them authority td invest 'manicipal funds in a "hotel proposition or to grant exemption from taxation or other special' privileges to an indi- vidual or company of individuals op- erating an hotel within the munici- pality., With such encouragement given by municipalities to private en- terprise, it is believed hotels ¢an be operated profitably without the reve- nue of the bar and provide accommo- dation which will be satisfactory to the local and transient trade. FOR VILLA'S BODY, San. Antonio; T March 24.-- General Bell at El Paso sent to Gen- eral Funston & mesage saying that his (Bell's) report that General Hefrera had revolted-had been con. firmed. General Funstor has ad- vised the War Department. Villa Held Up Train. El Paso, March 24. -- Garcia Flores, a Spa _ 'merchant of the city of Chihu a rho arrived here last night; sald la had held up a train on which he was travelling at Moctezuma, eighty-five miles north- east from. Namiquipa, where the Carranza authorities have insisted the bandit Suiél Was Was located. a Reward For Villa's Rody, March 24. --A resolu- g the Government to "for the intro- y. by - Seott of Pennsyl- that the body of de turned over to The reso- ilitary au the J " to the Foreign lution was Affairs Commitiee. Robert Proudfoot, father of Wil liam Proudfoot, K.C., M.P.P., died at his ho a in rich, at the age of : RT "huni and: twenty-five Cas 43d men returned by ey panne oe Sicinan Jolin, N.B. m-- -~ THE WHIG CONTENTS. Pra - ttacking: Shackle- tury; Near Break 2--Tax Rete Not Decided; Lo- (4 cal Events ntment; Britain's + n; opera "News:Sieepy tine us. "Corinthian, Busy People ters; Sporting. - night and will be,charged with the murder here on March 12th of his father-in-law, John E, Peck, million aire drug manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich., as soon as he can be taken into court. will prove one of the ' most sensa- tional cases in many years. Mr. Peck, who is reputed to ave) left an estate valued at about $1, 500,000, and his wife died within six weeks while visiting their daugh- ter and her husband at their River. side Drive apartments here. By the will of Mr. Peck his estate' was equally divided between Mrs. Waite and Percy Peck of Grand Rapids, his son. Mrs. Waite is now seriously ill at Grand Rapids, District-At- torney Swann said to-day he had learned she had been instructed by Waite to make a will in his favor. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR DISABLED MEN. System Being Perfected BY Dominion Hospitals Com= mission. (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, March 24.--A system of vocational training for disabled men from the front--ts 1m progress of be- ing perfected by the Dominion Hos- pitals Commission here. Vocational officers. covering the whole country are being appointed. F. H. Scam- mell, secretary of the Hospitals Com- mission, was examined by the new parliamentary Pensions Committee, | under the chairmanship of Hon. J. D. Hazen, Mr. Scammell stated that it would be necessary to previde for the maigtenance 4 of the men or their families while théy are receiving the new ining. A le of pay, the minimum of which would be the amount of a man's pension, was suggested and would be placed before the Govern. ment for its consideration. W. F. Nickle, Kingston, thought Canada should guard aguinst the American. evil of "pension lawyers,' and suggested that each province should appoint a lawyer to look af- ter soldiers' claims. Mr. Scammell believed that spe- cial consideration should be given to men who had won iiary honors. Gossip 8a Flavelle, Dane and Ryesret Wil Bo be Re= chairman of tario's License Board" after od when it will be reduced to three. Dane and John A. spoken of willl of sul to-day, to serve it they think I am nt value," said Mr. Flavelle Four-year-old Wilbert Winslow was struck by a Toronto motor truck | three A at vies. Toronto, loft ab sa. tate estimated at 34,000,000 to $5, 000,000. With the arrest}. of Dr. Waite the. district-attorney's} office believes it has uncovered what MAY LEAVE THE BOARD. ized, ved. |of Cape | der and her engines d pital ships in Saloniki. SHACKLETON From His Expedition To The, hae. HAVE BEEN WITHHELD FOR THE PRESENT. The Expedition Left England in Sep- tember, 1014, And Set Out From Island East of Cape Horn. 8 & SIR BRNREST SHAC KimTo. (Special to the Whig. Sydney N.S ., March 24. Lieut. Sir Ernest H. Shackleton has return- ed from his Antarctic expedition. News of the achievements of the ex- pedition-is withheld for the present. The expedition left England in two sections six weeks after the Euro- pean war began, but it was not until early in January, 1915, after a delay dug to unfavorable ice ' conditions, the party, headed by Sir Ernest hime set off on a 1,700 mile voy- age from South Georgia, an uninhab- ited island in the South Atlan ocean, about $00 miles due east Cape Hori for Ross Sea, on the on er side of the South Pgle. ; PITH OF NEWS. Despatches From Near And Distant Places. The British Government is con- templating the prohibition of the im- wall hanquet to the officers of the 75th Battalion. rs. Legget, Montreal, was run over and. killed 'by a street car in} front of her own door. R. W. Allin, M.A., was appolbted) ma editor of the Canadian Chu , Which has been reorgan- An effort to avert a vote on direct prohibition is said to be a possibil- ity in connection with the Stevens- Marcil resolution in the Commens. wine. Mallory line steamer Alamo, a ursday night, and the coast 83 cutter Onondaga went to her ald from Norfolk, Va. The steam- er was ried 130 miles northeast tteras with a broken rud-; isabled. ORDERS NOT OBEYED Code of GT. R. Fatalities Near (Spesial to . Sat "Tafonte, March 34. The failure to adhere to orders and through some ome huparent misunderstanding of verbal instructions on the part of the {reightierew | is Yiven as the cause of n losing Shate ves Eis kL J Ola ats BACK AGAIN DETAILS OF HIS DOINGS partation of hops: i i ironte Council tendered a fare- t a wireless call for assiet-! | Sparks From Shoe Nail' Cause Fire. | MERELY A cLOAK FOR COWARDICE. How Some Men Use the Word "Conscientious," Lloyd | George Declares. London, March 24.--David Lloyd | George, Minister of Munitions, in the House of Commons vigorously de- fended the tribunald against frequent | charges from a section of the House | that they are unjust in their treat- { ment of "conscientious objectors" | against service in the army, "Although it is inevitable that in some instances injustice occurs," said Mr. Lloyd George, "it is a fact that some men use the word "con scientious' as a cloak for cowardice. If a man objects to helping the wounded then the trfbunals are quite justified in putting his objection | down to fear. There is national work | for all. The whole destiny of the | country depends on what happens in| the near future and the Government | has the right to ask these men to con tribute something toward helping the country in an emergency." Replying to a question by Philip Snowden, Socialist, as to whether the death sentence could be inflicted on conscientious objectors for refus-| ing to execute orders in the army, | Mr. Lloyd George said that he did| not believe the death sentence could | be inflicted nader.the circumstances. | It was only inflicted, he added, in the event of refusal to obey orders in the presence of the enemy, and never in| this country, a. REDUCTION OF CRIME CLOSES TWENTY JAILS. | Prison Estimates of the Brite ish Isles Reduced $500,000. { London, March 24.--A reduction | in the prison estimates of the Brit- ish Isles for the coming year of | $500,000, or about 12 per cent.-- | and the shutting up, in whole or in| part, of a score of prisons are some | of the visible evidences of the reduc- | tion of crime owing to the war, ac- cording to the report of the commis- sioners of prisons. Of the twenty pri- sons closed 'or in process of being closed, eleven have been closed en- tirely, all being situated in the towns of moderate size like Chelmsford, Hereford, Stafford, St. Albans, ete. The biggest drop in ¢rime was no- ticed in the year ending March, 1915, | when the -percentage was 281 per| 100,000 population. The fiscal year | now drawing to a close is expected to show a' still further decrease in crime, the report says, i | | i | | | Parlin, N.J., March 24.---As the result of a recent fire all employees at the Dupont Powder plant here have been ordered to wear rubber- soled shoes or rubber overshoes. It s believed sparks from the nails of an employee's shoe causéd the fire. ---- ee ublic FOSTE 'I have been in life," he said, "for thirly- four years, and . durin that time | do not know one case where political patronage ever helped the status of the Henoh. the eivil service, a member of Parliament, or the Geov- ernment. On the other hand, it is always the cause of the dry rot which breaks out and de- stroys. I hope that. in the white light of the present great struggle the two patties will agree to do away with the evil. | In 99 cases out of 100 any || laxity in public virtue or | the balefu effects of party in ouse of Commaps, ee) | # train near Port Cr eral site is due to || Photo shows a Red Cross nurse earing for the wounded on hoard one of the hos- The soldiers are seen on deck enjoving coffee and cigarettes supplied by a Red Cross nurse. NEAR BREAK WITH KAISER Vatican And Germany Are): Now Involved. THREAT TO MERCIER | HAs CREATED A MOST DELICATE SITUATION, Should Cardinal Mercier Be Interned In Germény the Vatican Would be Placed in a Difficult Position, Rome, via Parls, Marek: 24. The Messagero publishes a report to the effect that Cardinal Gasparrl, Papal Secretary of State, has sent a long despatch to Cardinal Hartiiann, Archbishop of Cologne, requesting him to intervene with the Emepror of Germany to prevent any measures being taken against Cardinal Mer. cier, and that he has also tele- graphed to Cardinal Mercier, urging him to observe the greatest prudence. The situation between the Vatican and Germany, the newspaper says, is most delicate as a result of what is happening in Belgium, and the Vati- | can may be placed in a difficult posi- | tion should feared Cardinal Mercier, as ,.be interned in Germany. War Tidings. The British steamer Sea Serpent and the Norwegian steamship Kan- | nik were sunk by German subma- | rines, Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg, sup- | ported by the Kaiser and military leaders, will be victorious in the Reichstag over Von Tirpitz, whose policy has died since the Admiral's i resignation. SAMMI IAS : TWO G. T. R. ENGINEERS + WERE KILLED. # : -- + + (Special to the Whig.) + % Toronto, March 24.--The In- # # ternational Limited, from De- # #% troit, side-swiped freight + it. The % % engineers of both trains were % % killed and a fireman was fatal- $ 4 ly injured. 5 Seg BRIG.-GEN. LOWTHER, . - Former military | secretary to the | Duke-of Gonnaught -in Canadas, who is inow chie® of staff under Lord French in command of British home forces. '41,500 British, War Widows. . (Spenial to the Whig) London, March 24.---The Parlia- mentary Secretary announces that| forty-one thousand five hi Brith} Nomen are left Widows ag; » ians occup, Paris, March 24.--The German position before Verdun is regarded liere as hopeless as ever, despite the total of their yo west of the Meuse. An officer on the staff of a subordinate general, who has been sent to Paris on a special mission, shma the situation up these words: "More even than on the caltond side, physical conditions in the sec- tor of Le Mort Homme make our po- sitions a great natural fort, The en- emy's first attacks were directed against steep escapements on the north side. Now in* debouching from Avocourt Wood, they must cross an open glacia sweeping up eastward to the range of hils run- ning from Malancourt to Montze- le. Besides the direct fire from the French batteries, they are- enfiladed by the guns on Montzeville and have no shelter of woods or ravines, such as rendered possible most of their earlier successes. "1 think the western fighting is mainly in the nature of a feint to cover the real objective, Vuax and Dougumont, where further assaults are certain; but we have fully suffi- cient forces and won't be caught napping. "Soon the Germans must face the problem, not of capturing Verdun, but of withdrawing from their at- tempt without exposing themselves to a fatal counter-attack from the massed troops of the French ar- my." COMPULSORY SE RVICE Is ADVOCATED BY I BY PROF. LORNE W. MULLOY, Who Addressed the Empire Club In Toronto On Thursday--Arraigns The Present Method of Voluntary Service. Toronto, March 24. -- Lieut.- Col. Lorne W. Mulloy, Professor of History and Strategy at the Royal Military College, Kingston, spoke at the Empire Club luncheon Thursday on the subject "The Duty of Canada and Her Sons to the Empire." His words were a vigorous arraignment of thg~present method of voluntary service with its spasmodic results and its unequal divisioh of the bur dens of the war. "I am glad to hear our legislators and our press proclaim with united yoice that we are in this war to the last dollar and the last boot-strap of the last honorary colonel," said he. "But there is not a legislator, Fed- eral or Provincial, there. is not an editor of a paper from those of our great dailies to that of the most ob- scure country weekly, there is not a man on the street with a modicium- of brains and insight, who does not know 'that the first instalment of a business method in conducting a na- tional war is a classification of our industries, and a registration of our war power, and who does not know that thie second step is democratic compulsion." "The apologists of the voluntary system," said the speaker, "will tell you that it is peculiar adapted to the spirit of our free institutions." Just what that means I do not know. If we must bow before this fetish of voluntary action let us at least be consistent -- let us go the whole way and pay our public servants by voluntary contributions. Other apol- ogists say that the voluntary system was handed down by our fathers from hoary antiquity. according to historical fact. The first time the voluntary system ap- peared was in the middle of the 18th century, and it was then an evidence of national unpreparedness.. It has never yet stood the test of a national struggle." Whether this was is Canada's af- fair the speaker demonstrated oi question: "By what right do twelve millions of Canadians and Austral- one-eighth of the earth's surface ile sixteen Bundred mil- lions are compressed into the other seven-eighth 7" The answer: By their right to hold it against all comers, When Germany challenged their suprem- acy every man and. every iota of na- tional energy was required to defend and hold the heritage. And to that end Lieut.-Col. Mulloy's solution is "Democratic compulsion." Lieut.-Col. Mulloy is a _peholarly and forceful speaker, and his ad dress elicited loud app Hig WAR BULLETINS. A despatch 'trom Odessa re- rts that extensive food riots ave occurred in Constantino- £3 ¥ " Roumania is said to be boun the Allies by a treaty wi ussia. The date of her i tervention is not settled. uid fire was so effect! - = PE COP 0 4400000009 30% 40 from Salonika 4 That 1s not | C8 SAYS THREE TORPEDOES WERE DISCHARGED AT HER. London, March 24. Ta of the Dutch liners Palenbang is still Bein attention in naval circles. The la- test development is in the form of & report from the captain of the 3 lembang to the Admiralty, states that his ship was struck fore and aft by two torpedoes. He also expresses the belief that another tor- pedo, which failed to explode, hit amidships. This report is based on statements by the chiéf officer and boatswain, who swore they saw the streak made by both torpedoes. The liner almost stopped when the firet warning of trouble came in the form of a blow amidships, the Sesposi- tions state, but an showed no damage. A anation later the forward bulkhead blew in, and this was followed almost imme- diately by an explosion aft. Naval officers here are quoted as stating that the Germans may be Auite correct in their announcement that no German mines or submar- ines were at the time so near the Dutch coast as the spot where the Tukantia went down, as they are convinced she was sunk by a tor pedo fired by a German destroyer. They refuse to disclose any evidence which leads to this conclusion, bt point out that thé Dutch tanker Ar- temis was torpedoed in the same vi- cinity by a German torpedo boat, Germany later admitting .and apol- ogizing for the act. THE BEEF STEW CONTRACT. Three-quarters of the $01,000,000 Order Allotted. New York, March 24.--Of the fif- teen companies which have. closed sub-contracts with the Imperial Can- neries, Limited, of Toronto, for the 600,000, 000 one-pound cans of beef stew for Great Britain, thirteen are in the ted States, 'according to the Journal of Commerce. Of the to- tal contract, amounting to $91,000,- 000, $71,479,000 has been appor- tioned, or upwards of 490,300,000 cans. On the business apportioned to date among the fifteen sub-con- tractors, deliveries are to run at the rate of about 9,800,000 cans a week. | i GERMAN SOCIALISTS ; DEMAND PEACE. \ -- (Special to the Whig.) London, March 24.--A Berne cable says the Socialists in Ger- many are demanding an early peace on threats of exposing Germany's true political condi- tion, CLEIPETIO EN i Hil r The Dominion Government fs starting an extensive campaign to promote thrift and production in nada. DAILY MEMORANDUM 146th Band at the Palace Rink to night. : Band at Covered Rink to-morrow af. tendon and evening. See top e 4, right Nand cormen for Sr oagul ities. "The Story of the Rosary," Grand, 31 p.m, and matinee 2.30 p.m. Satur- y. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIQ Ia on Sale at the Following City Nov Dever Sook Store -