" N. W: Rowell, charging that the Lib- . i One British Airman Descended And | - Routed Single-handed a Body of Turkish Infantry With His Machine Gun, (Special to the Whi London, March 28.--A aerial raid on the Turkish advance base at Bir-El-Hassanas, one hundred miles east of the Suez Canal, is re- ported from Suez. Forty bombs were dropped on the Turkish camp, which was set on fire. Other bombs hit the reservoir and the buildings erectéd by the Turks in the last few months. One Brit- ish airman routed single-handed a body of Turkish infantry. Descend- ing within 200 feet, he approached the Turks from behind and d fire with his machine gun. Turks fled in panic. All the aeroplanes returned in safety, having flown some two hun- dred miles. HEAVY FIGHTING EVIDENTLY AT HAND. Qerlin Reports Unusual Artil- lery Activity--French Cap- ~ture Position Near Nancy. (Speciul'ta the Whig) Berlin, March 28.---Reports from the western front say that artillery ex#lianges are now spreading to sec- tors which have been quiet for sev- eral months, as if in indication of heavy spring fighting. ) The 1 French Capture Position. Paris, March' 28.--French troops captuzed an enemy work in the Par- roy woods, fifteen miles east of Nan- ey, killing or capturing all the Ger- man occupants, the War Office an- nounced this afternoon. The French then withdrew after blowing up the position: NO COMPENSATION CL FORCEIQUOR MEN. Premier Hearst Firm in Oppos-! ing Resolytion of Mark © Arish. Toronto, March 28. --The Ontario Government has no intention of com- pensating hotelkeepers or liquor mer- chants who ag jpustaln financial loss when the Provifite goes "dry." This was made clear in the Legislature yesterday by Premier Hearst. Dis- cussion of the matter was initiated by Mark Irish, member for Northeast Toronto, who advocated compensa- tion because millions of dollars had been invested in the hotel business in Ontario with the full sanction of the community and of the Government. Wihile the Government had not beén in partnership with the liquor inter- ests they had participated in the pro- fits, Mr, Irish made a bitter attack on eral leader had placed party advan- "tage ahead of the public interest. This 'was a reference to 'abolish the bar," The Libera leader said in reply that if Mr. Irish was blaming him for the prohibition legislation now be- fore the House he would take his criticism as a compliment ' rather than otherwise. | The resolution of Mr. withdrawn. -- TORONTO'S NEW THEATRE. 1,000,000 Company Plans One to : . Beat Over 4,000. Toronto, March 28.--A compa headed by H. H. Williams, has tak out a charter for $1,000,000, and as soon as pl re perfected, will erect a Oh 48 Hake theatre on the property at the Som e and Teraulay streets. It. have a large stage and a seating capacity of from 4,000 to 5,000. y has a front- of 400 on College street and 270 feet on Teraulay street, Runnitis back to Buchanan street. o defi- nite date has been set for the begin- ning of building operations. i a ee Stationtty Fire in Toronto. Toronto, March 28.--A fifty thou- sand dollar in a station- Irish was ery irae The Even- ing had | & natrow es- rum. eatrical On Fo! aay Batters: Th Counoll: Champlon Wil Financial News, * feton's Trip; Letters to Broder is a Phi- Matters: Sporting. | B. od successful PRINCE ALEXANDER ate (% the most important since tire w Russian delegates are attendin Paris, March 28.--The All harmony of operations on all fi resources will 'be in play. under the best conditions, the AND HINDERING MANUFACTURE OF BIG GUNS. A Grave Situation Reported at Clyde --The Government Take Sharp Measures, ecial to the Whig.) (8p Lohdor? March 28.--Grave strikes among machinists at the Clyde are holding up the manufacture of big guns, ~ €hristopher Addisen, Under Secretary for Munitions, = informed she House of Commons this after- noon. The strikes here were inaugurated for the purpese of forcing the Gov- ernment to repeal the Conscription Act and other measures, Mr. Addison said. Six of the agitators. have heen temoved from the factories, and the Government is considering pun- ishing them and taking sharp mea- sures to meet the situation. The munition works at Clyde have been hotbeds of anti-conscription propaganda for several months. On one occasion the Minister of Muni- tions, Lloyd George, was hooted by a crowd at Clyde, when he urged the workers to speed up the production of munitions. ALLISON GOT A RAKE-OFF. Liberal M.P., Says That Charge Can Be Proven Ottawa, March 28.--Col. Wesley Allison's operations were dealt with in a speech here by G. W. Kyte, M. P., before the Ottawa Liberal Club. Mr. Kyte declared that he will pro- duce evidence in the House that "ev ary single order which came through Col. Allison was subject to an emor- mous 'rake-off for Allison and two other rake-off men in New York." "The very day fie" charges were made against him, Sir Sam Hughes, instead of Ig, took the first train to New York, and 10 is os por to be in company with X Allison." said Mr. Kyte. "When | 'other inference is there but that he is guilty of the charges made by Mr. Carvell? We shall not get Sir Sam Hughes nor 'esley Allison back | before the end of the session." 4 RUSSIA AND MEDITERRANEAN. Petrograd, March 28.--That no agreement exists between the En- tente Allies for the neutralization of the Dardanelles was the statement made in the Duma to-day by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sazanoff. The! statement was in reply to a member! of the Duma who was commenting on | reports current that such an agree- men salon of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs. those shawn above, the Japanese Minister at Paris and two | % BACK TO THE OLD PLAN. MACHINISTS ON STRIKE: PEPE Pee? KINGSTON DELEGATES AT ALLIES' SUPER-WAR COUNCIL. The conference of the Allies now being held in Paris-- rar began--is held in the great In addition to 8. ALLIES WILL NOW HASTEN "THE END OF THE WAR All Their Resources To Be Brought Into Play---Germany Aware of Her Danger And Failing At Verdun She Now Awaits Chastisement. (Special to the Whig.) ies' great war conference was resumed to-day at the Foreign Office. "The Allies," said the Temps, "are fully aware that _the ronts is the price of wictory. They are willing to make mutual sacrifices. "When the conference adjqurns to-night, the world's mightiest preparations for thé war will be eomplete. "All our The Allies will be able to hasten, end of the nightmare_that has been weighing down eivilizalion for twenty months. ; "Germany is aware of her de was her mightiest attempt to stave o dun, she must now wait chastisement." er. defeat. Failing at Ver- AA SLRFL PELFIPT TERE EPRRERRED " pe (Special to the Whig.) Toronts, March 28 --The ¢ity of Kingston has had a pe- eculiar system of electing alder- men since 1907. One alder- man from each ward is elected for three years. Kingston now seaks to' return to usual yearly system of election for each al deérman. © The private bill to # permit this was reportéd by the + committee to-day. Pb eb bbb atbyah | ; : ; | | | RATES OF THE C. M. B. A Attacked Before Justice Middleton-- Judgment Reserved. Toronto, March 28.--The validity of C. M. B. A. rates as determined in the General Convention of 1913 was attzoked before Justice Middleton yesterday by Daniel O'Connell, repre- senting William Drain, of Peterboro. George Lynch Staunton, K.C., repre sented the society. It was conced- ed that the society had no right to grant cash surrender values for poli- eles, and argument centred about the right to grant paid-up policies or to discriminate as to the rates for dif- ferent classes of members. It was alleged that the absorption of the $640,000 accumulated reserve for the reduction of rates for members sixty- five years of age and upwards was unjust diserimination. = Judgment was reserved. tes ae---------- "THE WORK OF A JOKER. Light Shed on Kit Bearing Mark "Made in Germany." Ottawa, March 28.--Hon. A. E. Kemp reported in respect to "Made 'in Gefmany" articles reported to have been found in soldiers' kits in Montreal, that the colonel commgnd- | ing the battalion denied the inter- credited to him. Furthermore, the articles in the kits were nearly al de in Canada. The - razors wers either bought in Britain or di- rect from United States manufactur- ers. The only article in the kit bearing the mark "Made in Ger- many" was a small block of wood which was not part of the equipment The Minister Showed Oi of Blocks whieh had tly been the the The Verdun: drive} geny, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOW TRYING TO BLOW THE RESIDENTAL SECTION OF CITY TO PIECES. | The French Soldiers' Confident and Would Like Nothing Bettér Than Further Attacks By The Enemy, \ wv un. Phifip Sims of the United Press. Headquarters 'of French armies | around Verdun, March .28.--Thrice | baffled in their effort to enter Ver 4 dun, the Germans are now seemingly | bent on destruetion of the city. Daily they hurl incendiary shells of large calibre into purely business and residental districts. In these sections 1 saw several large fires raging simultaneously, (the German | official statgment Saturday reported | Verdun, in mes). From the mili- tary viewpdint, Verdun is unscratch- ed. Otherwise the city seems deéstin- | ed to become another Rheims, Arras | or Ypres, threatens the utter de | struction of its beautiful cathedral, bishop's palace and other buildings of not. About 350 big shells fall upon Verdun daily. Furthér heavy attacks on the Ver. dun front will not surprise French i Soldiers, but they believe they are | foredoomed to fajlure. Officers say { they would ask nothing better than i a continuation of the attacks, since {| the enemy's losses have been higher with each new onslaught, i | { Like ApGiant Ant-Hill, Verdun sedis impregnable. Uer- | tainly it cannot be taken without enormous losses to the attacking for- ces. This whole seetor is like a giant ant-hill. Men and transports swarm unceasingly, day and- night, in methodical movement, unconfus-- ed, unexcited and without undue haste, Ammunition is stacked like cordwood 'at vantage points. The number of guns seems unlimited, likewise the spare parts. Apparently there will be no lack of munitions in any contingency. The French soldiers are at their best when they are the busiest. Verdun's defence will mark an Epoch in the history of the war. The Citddel's def: , an b ors "3 » of FreMth traditions; as war-hard- ened, ad the imperturbable fbrees of Napoleon, as bull-doggish as Brit- ishers. France's fighters are visibly and noticeably better than at the start. . Still No Infantry Actions. | (Special to the Whig.) London, March 28---No infantry actions occurred on the Verdun front last night, despatches reported to- day. German and French artillery engaged in lively exciranges nerth- west of the fortress. SHELF PPITPRP PED PRIIPPEP REACHED ENGLAND. LJ * + (Special to the Whig.) < Ottawa, March 28, -- The # troopships Metagama and Lap- + land have arrived in England + % with four thousand officers and % % men including the 33rd and % % 45th battalions, third ammuni- % + tion column, and other details. y + + The ammunition + which recently left 4 was on the Métagama, 3 * ~ Peteteobdvivbbdoboivb dol dolled deiobbb GEN. HUGHES' PROGRAMME. column 4 Kingston + » Will Inspect the Canadian Camps = This Week, London, March 28. --After a Tur ther conference with Lord Kitchener, Sir Sam Hughes, the Canadian Minis- ter of Militia, left town Saturday to spend the week-end with friends in the country. Throughout the week | the General has been inundated with | callers, and many invitations have | been extended him, far more than he could possibly accept. On: Friday | night Sir Sam was the guest of Sir Max Aitken at dinner. Duting the week the Canadian Minister of Mili- | tia will visit Bramshott, Houndslow | and other Canadian camps. | Bhd PRET PERRI LPP EMb IPD WAR BULLETINS, : | | * | % Prince August William, | Kaiser's fourth son, is to be # | % Governor of the conquered Bel- + + gian territory. > % Three Austrian aireraft y | ® brought down by the Italians # | % during a raid near Isonzo. I i 4 The Russian attack has been {% newed, and results in the cap- # 4 ture of two | # northwest of Postavy. # | tary operations," but diplomatically, lines of trenches | is ledge vy Te ont compact that the Allies MARCH 28. 1916 ei Jeligoland Junetion with the navy last Satu tion of the airship sheds on the recent raids on Britain. OBJECT OF BRITISH AERIAL RAID. The ostensible object of the big aerial raid made in con- irday. night was the destruc- island of Sylt, the base for the "QOD WAS WITH US," SAYS VON MACKENSEN. German Field Marshal Makes Great Statement in the Turk Capital. Berlin, March 28.--The Tage- blatt's Constantinople correspondent sends the following dated March 20th: This afternoon General von Mack- ensen was received by the Sultan in the Meraissin Kiosk for the punpose | of delivering the Marshal's baton and a personal letter sent by the Kaiser. After a half hour audience, at which : the War Minister, Enver Pasha, was! also present, the Sultan personally | conferred the brilliants of the Os- manieh Order on von Mackensen, who later went to tea at the Deutsch- es Haus Teutonia, where most of the German. colony in Constantinople were on hand to meet the Field Mar- shal. In answer to the address of thanks | for having opened up a direct road | to Constantinople, von Mackensen, deeply moved, replied: "God was with us, and everything else for which I am given credit my soldiers did. My share in comparison with the devotion of my soldiers is infinitely small, Fortune has been faithful to me, and I hope it will continue faithful, but the greatest thanks is due ty Goa for His leadership." | U. S. A. MAY BREAK WITH THE GERMANS. Piece of German Bronze Tor- pedo Found in Sussex Wreckage. Washington, March 28.--Diploma~ tie relations with Germany probably will be broken off if the United Sta- tes Government finds a German sub- marine was responsible for the at- tack on the Channel steamer Sussex, according to a high administration official to-day. President Wilson is "awaiting th§ facts," it was stated at the White House. He has urged that all haste be employed by the State Department in getting the official report of the attack on the Sussex to this country. The President held a long conference with Secretary of State Lansing over the telephone, and it is stated that the official reports thus far received indicate clearly although they do not prove positively, that the Sussex was struck by a submarine torpedo. A piece of bronze metal similar to that used in German torpedoes has been found in the Sussex wreckage, a fre- port made by a French officer to the American consul at. Boulogne and forwarded to the Stite Department. ---- lie » MARKS BEGINNING OF END. Official View of Allied Conférence in Paris. Paris, March 28.--A member of one of the parliamentary commissions-- which, exercising parliamentary con- trol by frequent visits of supervision to the front, play an important part in the direction of the war--explains the official view of the Allied confer. ence. "This week is perhaps the most important in the history of Europe as marking the inception of a homoge- neous programme of the Entente co- alition. Henceforth, the Allies will have a single policy, not only in mili- politically and economically. "No more auspicious moment could be chosen. . As the Verdus failure denotes the end of the German offen- sive and is the turning point of the war, so this conference is the real beginning of the Allies' united offen- sive, which, in closest collaboration along lines laid down after mature consideration, will end only With Ger- many's downfail. In one aig the reaffirmation of the pl Hiroe: TURKS IN CAPITAL STARVE TO DEATH. Germany's Aid in Form of His-| tory and Geography Books. Salonika, March 28.--The latest news from Constantinople reports that the difficulties of 'feeding the population are becoming. so great That the newspapers are advising the people to leave the capital and go to Asia Minor, where provisions are said to be more plentiful, The Journal Tanine says the peo- ple in the capital are literally .dying of hunger and misery. It says this is the only term which can be used to describe the conditions of affairs at Constantinople, 'Brussa, Angora and Smyrna. "On the one hand,' so runs an- other comment on the situation by the same journal, "we are becoming exhausted in a military sense in face of our redoubtable enemies. On the other hand, we see the menacing spectre of famine The economic exhaustion is worse than'the mili- tary exhaustion. We suffer a great lack of provisions. Unemployed wander miserably in the streets look- ing ror work, which they will be un- able to find. That shows the ex- 'gravity-of the which we are now facing. "Germany sends schoolbooks. There is no petrol, coffee, sugar, or rice. The people have to fight in order to get bread. It is simply im- possible to supply the people of Con- stantinople. But from Germany come several wagon-loads of German history and geography books for use in the schools. They are a present from the German minister of educa- tion to the Turkish minister of public instruction." PERFECTING HIS 'WIRELESS. Marconi Works to Aid Allies Despite Sickness. Genoa, March 28.--William Mar: coni, although his attack of grippe is complicated by tonsilitis, continues work on his new discovery, which consists Qf perfecting his wireless telegraph. He does not' disclose wherein his improvement lies, wish- ing first to patent it. If the experi- ments prove successful, the improve- ment will be applied to the wireless; for the use of the Allies in the war. Marconi expects to go to. Rome this week for experiments, proceeding af- térward to the front. War Tidings. In retaliation for an attack upon German camps by French airmen, seven German planes on Monday bom- barded Salonika, killing some Greek soldiers." "Warships' fire drove them away. \ Despatches Monday afternoon re- vorted German-Bulgarian operations now assuming the character of a gen- eral attack on the Allies' advanced line. Heavy artillery is being brought u Pp. Turkey on Monday informed the United States that it was not its sub- marine that sunk the Persia in the Mediterranean Sea recently. . EMPRESS OF MIDLAND SUNK All Aboard Saved--Was Owned By Canada Steamships, Ltd, 5 (Special to the Whig.) London, March 28.--The British steamer Empress of Midland has Boen sunk. All aboard her were sav. ed. The Empress of Midland is a steel screw steamer of 2,224 tons, built in 1997, registered at Newcastle. The Empress of Midland was gwn- ed by the Canadian Steamships, ited and was a grain-carrier on the upper lakes. 4+ BRITISH CAPTURE work. of some practical jo! args -------- > -- d 2 | ® There is fierce hand-to-hand + |'4 fighting on the Austro-Italian + '% | & front, the Malians winning two & 4+! # lines of trenches with the bayo- 3 + net. : > ren , : VERY FIERCE FIGHTING. & (Special to the Whig.) 2 af rune Li mas 3 BE arou he » ere the +! + the launched & | will never lay down their arms until + + GERMAN TRENCHES. . (Special to the Whig.) 4 London, March 28.1% is offi- The French War Office denies the * clally announced that the Brit- German report that Verdun is burn. | # ish captured the first and. ing or that the Germans have made ® cond line German Srenches Arde Tr they have imposed their peace upon % Germany." * se on St. of Irish flax shows a remarkable rise {in price. The minimum is now two | hundred rounds per ton as against, J tienty nounds per ton before the war. by the explosion or drowned. Le =X S430 4 400% FOR PERMITTING VILLA TO ES. CAPE TRAP SET Two Aeroplanes of the U. 8, Force Destroyed----No Word of American Oasualties Has Reachipd 'Washing- ton. 3 l Washington, March 28.--Destruc- tion of two of the eight aeroplanes used between Columbus and Gen. | Pershing's advance columné was an- nounced in the War Department statement yesterday aftermoom. Oth- ers need new parts, since only two "are 'n actual service." . Mr. Baker, Secretary of War, is negotiating for purchase of addition. slafiyers but bas not decided upon the number or price. The meed for these machines was emphasized by the fact that wireless communica- tion is reported intermittent due to poor static conditions. | 3,000 More U. 8, Columbug, N.M., March 28.---Over 3,000 additional United States troops, now at the border, are pre- paring to enter Mexico to-day. Military 'officials at the base camp here reiterated their belief that the Villistas would not be ex! nated without a long hard campajgn. Preparations bearing out their predictions were seen in the armival of huge quantities of supplies of all kinds in the past twenty-four hours. Hundreds of cayalry horses are ar- riving to replace the mounts already worn out in the twelve days' cam- paigning. A. Dargue left in his for Casas Grandes aeroplane Lay Blame On Mexicans San Antonio, Tex., March 28. -- Pancho Villa's escape from the trep set for him at Namiquipa, wes through the Carranzistas, not Am- erican forces, \ Gen. Funston de- clares. > denied that the Funston hea bandit's escape was through an Am- erican detachment which had used | the Mexican Ni ; x get behind Niall ; from the Lake Babricota region through the Madera Valley, where 'Ie Carransista treeps have para- lelled .the American line of com- munication, Officially Deny Casualties," Washington, March 28. War De- partment officials discredit reports that six Alnerican soldiers have been wounded in Mexico, saying word of any casualties had hee since the Villa hunt started. Rev. Dr. T. Stannage Boyle, To- ronto, is leaving Trinity College to become head of King's College, Nova Scotia. DAILY MEMORANDUM See top page 4, right hand ocornen for probabilities. Remember concert by Couneil 20, C. OL. F., Thursday evening, March 30th. Annual meeting of the officers of the 14th Regiment. in the Armoliries to- night. DIED, BUTTERILL In Trenton, N6th, 'Anhie May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Butterill, aged twenty-one years, one month. HEATHOOTT--On the 26th inst, in the 28th year of her age, Grace Maud Grant Fraser, wife of Robert Ver- non Heathoott, DLS, of Edmonton, Alberta. MILLER~--In Deseronto, on March 24th, 1916, Blanche David, beloved wife of R. Miller, in her {lst year. Funeral took place from her late resi dence, March 27th, at 19 a.m. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG Is on Sale at the Following City Bucknell's Og vr 8st. ws EA Frit thre Ne Sin iy Coulter's Gr Medley's Drug Store, 250 Universi ot ..306 »+2:388 Cullen's G Frontenac Hote Gibson's Drug Sto! McAuley's Book Sto ore Prin Valleau's Grocery .. IIIT NINN ENE NSAI. tN RO T J. REID |