\ " planes made a raid on the coast of WILLARD EASILY WON sburg in a telround bout in Madison . ~ London, March 27.-- British Cot Schleswig-Holstein Saturday fore- noon, and bombarded a number of German airship sheds, doing, it is belléved, col le damage to the sheds and the pelins which they contained. The British machines were escorted to the: Island of Sylt by a squadron of light cruisers and destroyers under command of Com- modore Tyrwhitt. Two German pa- trol ships were encountered in Sylt harbor and sunk, and the seaplanes flew. froin their parent ship eastward to the mainland, north of the Kiel canal, and attacked the airship sheds. They were subjected to a heavy fire from the German aerial defences. Three seaplanes failed to return, v In a storm which followed the raid, two British destroyers collided, and it is feared that the Medusa has heen lost. The German fleet did not come out | to attack Commodore Tyrwhitt's squadron, Unofficial reports of a naval 'battle Sunday are hot con- firmed, { Admiralty's Report. | The following official = statement | wis issued last night: | "An attack by British seaplanes | was delivered Saturday morning | upon German airship sheds in Schiles- | wig-Holstein, eastward of the Island! of Bylt, The seaplanes were con- | voyed to their rendezvous close to the German coast by an escorting force of light cruisers and destroyers | under Commodore Tyrwhitt. | "Three of the seaplanes which took | part in the attack are missing. The | degtroyer Medusa was in eollision | with the destroyer Laverock, and it is feared that in the stormy weather which prevailed last night, the Me-! dusa may have been lost, but no mis- | givings are felt as to the safety of the crew. Two German armed pa- trol vessels were sunk by our de- stroyers. " "No detailed report has yet been | received, but from Danish press mes-| sages it would appear that this oper- | ation, which. was. carried out within the Snemiy's waters, achieved its ob-| ect," - The Lavefock, 260 feet long, was! bufit in 1914, and displaced 965! with a British battieshsp. | Schleswig Holstein, according to an 'tons. She was armed with three 4- inch guns and two torpedo tubes. Her normal complement was 100 men. The latest available British avy records give no destroyer Me- usa. Foe Ships Escape. During the naval engagement off Sylt four German torpedo boats were cut off by a number of British de- stroyers, but eventually succeeded in making their escape, says a despatch to the Central News from Copenha- gen. A despatch to the Exchange Tele- graph Co. from Copenhagen says: "According to The Politiken, large British and German squadrons were observed yesterday dlong ' the west coast of Jutland, off Esbjerg and France. Ship captaing arriving at Esbjerg report that they met a large German flotilla, consisting eof five cruisers and 20 torpedo boats, yester- day morning. Fishing boats report that they say 20 British torpedo boats near Blaavandshuk, and that one Danish trawler nearly collided Germans Put to Flight. "It is suppcsed that the British flotilla attacked and put the German squadron to flight, "The captain of the steamer Cim- hria says he met a German flotilla going southward at noon yesterday, and later two German trawlers arriy- ing on the scene. Suddenly a Brit- ish squadron, composed of ten tor pedo boats, appeared and attacked the trawlers, which took. flight and in flames ram dor-SWf Island, whith- er it was impossible for the British tc pursue, as the German fortress of Sylt opened fire, "Between 7 and 8 o'clock a vio- lent cannonading was heard in the North Sea." 4 German Torpedo Boat Missing. (Special to the Whig.) London, March 27.--A German torpedo hoat is missing since the sea fighting which followed the Brit- igh air raid on Saturday morning on | German aviation sheds in northern official German statement received here by wingless. § DEFEATED MORAN IN SEVEN our OF TEN ROUNDS, Champion Broke Bones in Right Hand in Second Round--The Gate Receipts Were $151,254. New York, March 27.---Willard, the world's pugilistic champion, suc- cessfully defended the heavyweight title against Frank Moran of Pitts- | Square Garden on Saturday night. At no time was Jess at all bothered and was only awakened to the need of action when Moran won one round on points. Jess Willard won despite the fact that he broke a bone in his right hand in the second round. Willard was not merely too big and strong for Moran, he was vastly too clever. Round by round he jabbed and up- percut bis smaller opponent almost at will, though unable to land a knockout punch. The first round, when Willard, much softer, fatter and higherstomached than his| friends would have had the public believe, was a little nervous, was! even, but every other round was the giant cowboy's by a big margin. He not only landed three blows to every one stored by Moran, but he put more power into his drives. Mor- an seemingly better trained, ap- peared to lack steam, to be deficient in aheer batiering, ha ng pow- er. Never did he seem to hurt Willard seriously. No m cou us battle was ant the yellow-haired made against tremendous dg. H 201% pounds to "Willard's 269%. He stood six feet one inch to ] 's six feet seven inches, but he was not daunted. He tore in like a wildeat, taking such t. of the tenth round of the fight his left eyebrow was gashed dd , his nose was battered, his mouth was a swollen monstrosity. There was human left about his face. ~ In the seventh round it séemed for a. moment as if Moran must under the savage up- percuts Willard drove to his chin and jaw. He was groggy, driv- { but he weathered the ( pent and Same back in the elghth round hungry for more pun- ishmen! te fe (AL most mes during the thirty eS ~ THE Wie contents. hase rman Coast; De- . bate on Ge 4a Parliament; Tried to ade. NS, % t Review: Objects | ropes | fought standing straight up. | eyes searching his minutes of fighting Willard was the aggressor, forcing Moran to the time after time. Willard ¢ Moran crouched awkwardly, Willard's blue opponent's con- stantly. Moran held to the level of Willard's stomach, Referee Char- ley White, alert, quickfooted as a lad of 20, followed the fighters from point to point in the ring, his stac- cato commands ringing clear in the silence. " "Breaknow---come on and box--get away clean." . "He had little trouble with the two big men. Moran clinched a good gleal towards the last, but he let go resdily at White's sharp admonition. Willard was good-na- tured all the way through. The total receipts were $161,254, and Jae attendance just exceeded 14,000, DESPERATE EFFORTS ~~ TO DETACH ITALY. This Is What Geérmany Has Been Seeking To Do. : (Special {a the Whig.) Paris, March 27.---Germany has been making desperate efforts to de- tach Italy from the ranks of the Al- lies. This was learned to-day when the War Council of the Allies, one of the most important conferences in history, met for its first session at the Foreign Office to-day. The Germans planned by a shrewd propaganda and by a triumph at Ver- dun to create such dissatisfaction in Italy that the Government would re- consider its plan to help "close the steel ring" around the Central Em- pires by joining in the Paris pro- gramme for concerted action. wim FRENCH TRANSPORT "HITS MINE AND SINKS, With Big Loss of Life, Athens Despatch Says--Qerman Steamer Sinks. 1) Berlin, Mi French transport carrying troops away from Salonika struck 'a mine and sank, with la loss of life, according to an -- ns Were rescued. ---- mine and sank : with a loss of about ten lives. The Entente Allies' conference be- to the Band: Boys in Toils. he Ss the Military. ndom Reels; on's Rhymes. City for ot the gan Monday in Paris. Grénade fighting occurred on Courte Chausse sector. oceurred around Verdun. cipal activity on the western front occurred near St. Eli. destroyed 100 yards trenches on this sector. age. studied came to this country in 1870, and ten years later joined the Greely ex- the Al today New -York, March 27.--<A special cable to the Evening Sun from Rome says: ; Senator Camperoal, brother-in- law of Prince Von Buelow, ex-Am- bassador from Berlin to Rome, has confided to friends here that the Kaiser asked Von Buelow to re- Dr. Beth- about to be perial Chan- turn to Herlin to rep mann-Hollweg, who retired from the cellorship. According to | tor Camperoal, Princg Von Buelay is reluctant to re- enter the Cabinet at this time, but does not hesitate to obey the Kais- er's summons. At the most Von Buelow believes it is impossible to prolong the war beyond August, NO INFANTRY ACTIONS IN VERDUN REGION. Mine Fighting in the Argonne in Favor of the French. Special to the Whig.) Paris, March 27.--There were no infantry actions in the Verdun re. gion last might, this afternoon's of- ficial statement says. East of the Meuse the artillery ac | tion was violent along the Doua- umont line. To the west of the riv- er the night was relatively calm. The canonade was violent on the Douvaumont-Vaux front. and glso around Moulainville and Chatillon. Mine fighting on the Daughter of Death Hill in the Argonne resulted to the advantage of the French. the BRITISH DESTROY GERMAN TRENCHES. Near 8t. Eli, According to Ber- lin Official State- ment. ial to the Whi (Spec .) Berlin, March 27.--Repulse of fur- ther heavy Russian attacks west of Jacobstadt and near Postaway was reported by the War Office this after- noon. Only artillery engagements have The prin- The British of German ( New Device Provided The British Ar- tillerymen, New York, March 27.--A new de- vice to' protect the ear drums of ar- tillerymen during engagements t! diet cording to William Frey of Boston, recently a member of a British ar- tillery corps, who arrived here to-day The device fits into the ears and is So constructed that the shock result- i2g from the discharge of big guns is 'absorbed by wire 'coils before it reaches the ear drums. Ordinary con- versation, however, Beard, the device interrupting only NéAvy atmospheric shocks. on western front, has recéntly been tibuted by the British army, ac- can be easily Frey said he had secured his dis- charge on learning that the United States was likely to become involved in the Mexican troubles. A FINE RECORD. Eight Brothers and Sisters All Over Séventy Years. Chatham, March 27.--The Arnold family of Kent county undoubtedly establishes a record for |ongevity in this section of the province, at least. The eight surviving brothers sisters of the late Lawrence Arnold, Harwich township, are. all over sev- enty years of age, and their coml- bined dges is 640 years. Anna. Read, Harwich, 88 years; Da- vid Arnold, Chatham, 86; Elizabeth Arneld, Harwich, 84; W. 8. Arnold, Harwich, Chatham, 78; Mary A. Merritt, Chat- hati, 73; Sarah Livingstone, 70. In- cluding the months, 640 years. and They are: 82; Catherine Merritt, the total is over = THE LAST OF THEM. | Was Last Survivor of Greely Expedi- | tion, New York, March 27.----Henry Bie- derbeck, said to be the last survivor a the Greely Arctic expedition of (881- 1384, died on Saturday at his home," 138 Palisade avenue, Jersey He was fifty-eight years of He was born in Germany, and chemistry and pharmacy. He He served at Lady Frank- n Bay as hospital steward for the . |expedition and assistant to the nat- (Special to the Wh uralist.. All Americans Saved. ial to Jy London, Mareh 27 --All kméricans aboard the Sussex have been saved and accounted for, a statement issued merican Embassy declared steamer outside Goltz Low, | Hon ne| Minneapolis Sunk In the Medi- terranean; and Cecilia Near England. { cial to the h London Harel 27 * von per- sons were killed in the sinking of the British Hiner Minneapolis by a sub- marine in the Mediterranean last Wednesday. All others aboard were saved. : (Spetial te the hig.) , London, March 27.--It is an- noWinced that the Briush steamer Ce- eilia, which sailed from Portland, Maine, for London, Eng., March 11th, was sunk by a torpedo. Proof Tubantia Was Torpedoed; (Special to the Whig.) The Hague, March 27.--The Dutch Ministry announces that a piece of a submarine torepdo was found om a {life boat of the Tubantia; proving | she was submarined, re) { Stil 'More Torpedoed (Special to the Whig.) a Logon, March 27%.--Three more sels have been sunk within the last twenty-four hours with a pro- | bable loss of nine lives. They are | the French steamer Hebe, the Brit- ish steamer Cerne and the British { fish carrier, Khartoum. AH aboard | the Cerne are known to have beelf saved, and it is believed that Hebes" | crew was rescued. Nine of the Khar- ! toum's crew are missing and prob- | ably drowned. . LOOKS LIKE TEUTON PLOT To Force The United States lito War. ONE AMERICAN WOMAN LOST HER LIFE BY SINKING OF THE SUSSEX, The London Newspapers Ask What The U, 8.-Will Now Do--The Teu- "ton Challenge Is Direct and Defi- ant, } (Special To the Whig.) London, Mareh 27.--At least ome American, it now appears certalll, was lost in the sinking of the Chan- nel liner Sussex, After carefully checking over tHe lists of the survi- vors the American Embassy an- nounced to-day that Miss Calliope Astasia Fannell, Ney York, is miss- ing. Twelve bodies of passengers and members of the oréw have been | recovered. About seventy others are missing. o> A Deliberate Plot. \ (Special to the Whig.) Washington, March 27.--It is gen- erally believed in official circles that the torpedoing of the Sussex was a deliberate plot to force the United States into war, ' What Will The U.S. Do ? (Special to the 'Whig.) London, March 27.--The London newspapers generally agreed to-day that the Sussex was torpedoed and speculated at length on what the United States will do. "Obviously," said the Chronicle, "no more direct or defiant challenge was ever handed by one nation to another than that which Germany has launched at the United States. Whether the United States picks it up or lets it lie, the world and all the belligerents will know with a clear- ness hitherto lacking precisely where the greatest of the neutral countries stand." THE NAPANEE CURLERS | ARE RAISING MONEY TO ERECT ! NEW RINK. | U. M. Wilson Appointéd Crown At. Jtomey for Lennox and Addington =A Real Indian Smashed up Chief Barrett's Police Station. {From Our Own Correspondent.) Napanee, March 27.--The Napa- nee Curling Club held a meeting in the Town Hall to discuss the ques- tion of providing a rink. About $3,000 will be needed and half of the amount was subscribed. Co: mittees were appointed to secure a site and more money. A, E. Van Luven, an employee of R. Light whilst engaged~in hel to saw logs at the mill Saturday fell' off the end of the slip and suffered a broken arm. the reservation near Cornwall, was Trunk found on the Grand track TO SUPERANNUATION ALLOW- ANCE TO DR. PHELAN. Of $1,500 a Year--Charged Relig. fous ; Ottawa, Marchi 27.--When- the { House of Commons went into supply { on the estimates for penitentiaries, Hon. C. J. Doherty, in reply to a Question, said that about 100 con- victs had been released from peni- tentiaries during the first eight months of the war to enlist for active service, and that about four or five had been afterwards reincarcerated. Hon. Frank Oliver contended that to releage men from prison to enlist 'for active service seemed to indicate a lack of appreciation of the nature of military service and for the type of men who were entering the over seas forces. He thought it would be time enough to consider whether off not men released from penitentigries should be accepted for active service, after they had completed their sen. tences, To this Mr. Doherty replied that it was not the policy of the depart- ment to release comnviets wholesale that they might join the army. He sald that there had been special rea- sons for such action in the cases"of the men who had gone, such as pre« vious military servi¢s, good conduct While in 'the penitentiary, and. the period of time served. In some in- stances it was felt that a man's wil lingness to risk his life deserved some consideration. Mr. Boulay, of Rimouski, argued that, since it 'was possible some French-gpeaking prisoners might be committed to Portsmouth Peniten- tiary, there should be some officials there who could speak the French language. © Dr. J. W. Edwards, of Frontenac, rose to protest agains: the granting of 'a superannuation. allowance of $1,500 'a year to Dr. Phélan, former surgeon of Portsmouth Dr. Edwards sald it b 1 during the inveéstigatioh held into the affairs of that institution that Dr, Phelan had used viol and ob- Scene language to the guards; that he was a petty grafter, and that he had tried to induce one of the guards to commit perjury. Dr. Edwards then made & warm reply to the last report of peniten- tiary inspection, in which Inspector Douglas Stewart and W. 8S. Hughes had made a vigorous answéf to some previous criticisms of penitentiary management by the members for Frontenac and others He sald that the two inspectors had made state ments in this report which they must have known were false and mislead- ing. He said that Mr. Hughes him- self, while accountant of Kingston Penitentiary, had made written - ges against officials there, and t it was because of these statements that Dr. Edwards had requested an investigation. After an Iinvestiga- tion had been ordered, Hughes, who had since been appointed an inspec- tor, told the Frontenac member that he did mot intend to go on the wit- ness stand and tell ali he knew now that he was an inspector. = Perhaps it was the larger salary which had influenced him, or perhaps it was be- cause those against whom he bad charges had counter-charges up their sleeves against him. Dr. Edwards then went on to reply to the statements made in the in- spector's report referred to. He charged that there had been gross discrimination shown, as was evident from the fact that W. R. Travers, of Farmers' Bank fame, had been allow- ed superior food and tobacco in pris- on, and while giving evidence in To- ronto had ordered wine. In nec- tion with the inspector's stat@iment that no punishment was ever cted on insane, convicts, Dr. Bdwards pointed out that in the repott of the commission which, had investigated thé penitentiary, it had beefi shown that inmates of the insane ward had been subjected to ice-cold tubbing and hosing with water at sixty pounds' pressure. Sr 7. Religious Discrimination. The Frontenac member thén went to. charge apparent L dis- crimidation. - In 1912 - official in Stoney Mountain peniten! caught hme. 1310 Reve 1 Joe U. M. Wilson, son of Uriah Wil-| gion cashed money orders for i} convict out of the goodness of his heart it would appear a very small offence indeed Hom. Mr. Replies ty first: took up Dr, Bd 8' to Dr. Phe- dan, the Minister of Ju had sought to in- is a Pre n | Doherty took fluce a witness to commit perjury at Lie enquiry. Mr. Doherty said thas one witness had testified that he had been asked by the doctor to say rothing of the language to which re- ference had beep made by the mem- ber for Frontenac. The charges tha' Dr. Phelan was a "petty grafter,' was based on the fact that he had accepted $4 for examining four appli- cants for positions as guards at Kingston. He had been condemned by the investigating commission, not because he took the money but be- cause he had disregarded his agrea- ment not to engage in outside prac- tice while surgeon at the penitenti- ary. Mr, Doherty feit that he would not have been justified in dismiss- ing Dr. +Phel on the strength of those facts, ahd therefore, did mot believe he would have been justi- fied in refusing him a superannua- tion allowance, Neither did he think it right to hold Dr. Phelan responsible for methods of treating insane persons which he had not au- thority t6 change and which his sup- | 'erior-officers had not condemned. Mr. Doherty said "he had thought that as far as Col. W. 8. Hughes was concerned, had expected a truce, because Col. Hughes was in the trepches answering, the attacks of German snipers. Dr. Edwards--I was talking about W. S. Hughes, inspector of peni- tentiaries; I have nothing to say about Col. Hughes, f "He had only one physical 'person- ality," retorted the Minister of Jus- tice, He went on to say that he hdd mot before heard that favor was shown W. R. Travers, and that, in- 'deed, his officials had assured him that the member for Frontenac was misinformed on that point. Case of the Chaplains, "After having reached sixty years of age, and having lived in a mixed community of Catholics and Protes- tants," said the Minister, "it is prétty difficult for me to keep a straight face when it is suggested that in muts ters of justice and fair play it makes aby difference to me whether a man or a Catholic.' up the several cases] 'Which Dr. Edwards had thought in-| 0 dicated discrimination in the treat-| peared gn ment of officials for religions redsons. Rev. Father McDonald, of Ki n, he said, was one of =» long list of penitentiary officials who had receiv- ed registered letters. Hé had re- ceived some letters from the mother of a conVict, who had written to the department that those letters had not contained money for her son, but related to personal matters, which she did not wish divulged. Father McDonald had thus been guiltless of an infraction of the penitentiary re- gulations. Rev. Father Joubert, of Stoney Mountain penitentiary, when newly appointed chaplain at that in- stitution, had sent away a letter for |G a conviet, He had been informed that this was an infraction of the rules, and had promised that it should not occur again. Shortly af- terward, however, the warden heard that another letter had been sent, and had suspended the chaplain. In 29th atts blockade | [er Moewe returned. be in left no Seeing Grief turned ole. Particulars of the flag. The enquiries tara were answered to send a searching the hottest of the Shetw the sailors. overtook the Greif, be considered a City Council, 8 pan See top Page for probabilities. engaged hu Moewe; but the cordon is a tight dole, the a tight hole, 53 British in the North Sea tn to rum the day the' which, according to the port, had the Norwegian ed on her sides, but : wegian, but the action apoused the suspicions auxiliary. She was lowering a of the of the expected the patrol squadron ing lon he 80 as not to attract too much atten- tion when she sailed by the Alcan- tara. ps lay almost side while the 'captain of the steamer enquired by megaphone for "Brien vessel, | i g ! ' i t ; iif party : aboard when the Germans opened fire. A Hot Action. The action is desoribed as one of % war, duels between evenly matched fri- - gates in the days before the time of iron-clads. According to the British account, the German raider was put out of action by a few broadsides, and sank after twelve minutes. as ficllowed to the bottom a few minutes later by her victorious adversary, which evidently tell vie- tim of torpedo launched from the Greif's tube a moment apd scons, many members of the crews of ti two fighters including 120 German The maval authorities state that the Greif* was as well eqiipped for raiding as was the Moewe, The War Office would not have given out the story st this stage had they not received evidence that the' enemy had learned of the fate that The War Of- fice may be holding back other news of a favorable nature. The Alcan- tara, the British vessel sunk, was & more important ship thet the Gre but in view of the possibilities of relf as a commerce engagement in the North victory. the * the ! DAILY MEMORANDUM 4. right band corner, view of the fact that it was the pol- icy of the department, in order to maintain respect for the chaplains, that such cases should be dealt with by the minister himself, Mr. Doherty had asked that the suspension be withdrawn. It had afterward turn- ed out that the chaplain had not been implicated in the sending of a letter after he had given the warden his promise. As to the case of the guard 'McArthur at Stoney Mountain, he had acted as intermediary in cor- respondence between a convict and an ex-convict, knowing he was ¢on- travening the riles. He had ad- DIEBR--fin West Mr. and Mrs ter. ston, on Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. A a a 0 An dhugh ter. STALEY--In Kingston ans, it. port, on March 23rd, to . William Dier, a daugh- GILMOUR--In Senaral 3 Ma lex, ne, . an daughter. re BP. Cann, 6 on March , to and irs. (nee Rice Sere). 'e son oshital, Kink: rch §5th, 19 Gilmour, Ar- on March d Mrs. J. A. 27th, Q. H. Staley mitted having done so, and was dis- DIED, m h Mr.Doherty said that he had hoped to have improved the penitentiary system and to have adopted a plan whereby-various Government depart- ments would have been supplied with goods by the inmates of the penal in- stitutions. The war.-had broken out, however, and the minister had not thought it desirable to bring pris- on labor into competition with free labor at such a time in supplying things which the Government might need. In the meantime he and ) Rn ouvotihE {0 T- prove co ons in the tentiaries, and y rin ter sys- tem of regulation. 'McWIATERS---At March 26th, 1 ters, formerly 2 13 } ike CPP PPPFO RSS 40 on Mare 25th; daughter of the Fi r i reside King ro iad as Sashes the regl- 2 5 - x