12 Pages baton sn =| Ch eC aily Beitis YEAR 85: NO. 62 COST $28550 OUR AVIATORS * TOMANTAN IT] ARE SUPERIOR To the German Airmen And Arc Doing Great Work Just Now. THE BRITISH BRING DOWN AIR Government House at Toronto Burned 367 Tons of Coal Last Year. HE COAL COST 8650 LIBERAL MEMBERS SECURE DE- TAILS IN COMMITTEE. SEVENTY-NINE ENEMY PLANES IN TEN DAYS, And Lose Only Four--Columns of German Troops Advancing As Re- inforcements Were Demoralized The Wages Paid Totalled $13,084.88 ~The Big Residence of the Lieu- tenant-Governor Is Costly. Toronto, March 14.---Before the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislature yesterday certain items Y in connection with the expenses forim maintaining the Government House|the were gone into by somé of the Lib] western eral members. The one which tookitioned superiority in the air as now. up most of their attention was the|Npt only fighting other coal bill, which amounted to nearly activities but in bombing $6,600, and Included the consump-joperations at night our pilots and ob- tion of about 967 tons of coal for the R. Fairbairn, Deputy Minister Public Works, gave' evidence be- fore the committee as to the various items of expenditure mentioned in the Public Accounts Committee re- port According to Mr. Fairbairn, the cost to the province for maintaining the Government House was $28,659.- 256, made up as follows; -- Assist gardeners, firemen and repairs to grounds. $13,08 To pay for rubber boots, Water, fuel and lighting. Furniture and furnishings Repairs and contingencies Uniforms for messengers, gardeners and other help .. Telephone and Scattered. By W. 8. Willison the Cardidian Press Canadian Army rch 14.--Not Somme spomdent of Headquarters, the battle of Allies on the such unques- since have the front enjoyed and in air by day, servers are more than a match for the year enemy. of Theoutstanding feature in the for- ward area has i@ while anti-alr craft and machine guna stantly busy There was a hilarious celebration on our front line yesterday when the) men of an infantry regiment engaged a with their it during the past three days been the amount of aerial activ or those of the enemy are con low-flying Boche airplane machine guns and brought 1. 2.f 6, erashing down in Lens, iast night another enemy machine came down behind our lines on a trial trip, with a crew. of two officers one commissioned officer and me- chanics, who were made prisoners. Demoralize German Troops. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, March 14.--In a general review of the air fighting, it is stated that the British airmen brought down geventy-nine German aeroplanes dur- ing the first ten days of March and lost only fifteen machines. Much of the fighting was over German terri- tory and the attacks by British on German forts and aerodromes were succesaful in many instances. Columns of troops, advancing to reinforce the front lines, were demor- alized and scattered, Total .. .. ... ... ..$28,559.25 In the year 1904 the cost was around $16,000. TAKEN OVER THE SHIPS ENDED NEGOTIATIONS WHAT HAVE LONG BEEN CONSIDERED. The Ships Will Be Insured And Arm. ed, And If Any Are Sunk They Will Be Replaced After the War. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, March 14 Because of Tong delays in negotiations with Hol- land over Dutch ships in Allied port, and the slowness. of the Duteh Gov- ernment to agt in this respect, Great Britain and the United States have reached an agreement to end the ne- gotiations and take over all such ships next week for the use of the Allfes, Every precaution will be taken to safeguard the rights of the owners. The ships will be insured and armed and any ships sunk will be replaced at the earliest possible time after the war. The amount of tonnage made available to the Allies through the Dutch arrangement #8 one million tons-of which seventy per cent, is in the United States, A similar arrangement already made in the case of Sweden is work- ing satisfactorily to the Swedish own- ers and shipping interests. The, Allied decision finds a legal basis in Lex Ahgaria, or the law cov- ering fToreible seizure of ships for public use, under whidh belligerent nations may use neutral tonnage if adequate compensation -is paid. The Germans 'exercised this right on the British vessels in Franco-Prussian war, A SALE ARRANGED. The Northern Crown Bank Sold to Royal Bank. (Canadian Press Despatch) Montreal, March 14.--Arrange- ments 'have been completed for the purchase of the Northern Crown Bank by the Royal Bank of Canada. The purchase price will be approxi- mately $200 per share. The Mini- ster of Finance has officially given his consent to the sale, it is an- nounced. LJ BREAD FOR CHILDREN * BEFORE PARENTS' BEER, #+ (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, March 14.--"With our American brethren we are fighting for deliverance of the world from the bondage of the sword," Premier Lloyd-George declared yesterday, in a speech before the National Council of % Free Churches, Regarding intoxicants, Lloyd- George declared that if the time came to choose between bread for the children and . beer for the parents, the Gov- ---------------- ernment would not hesitate. OFFICIAL WAR | REPORTS. : British. British raiders brought back pris- oners from a 'German position near y, south-west of Cambrai, last oy The oficial statement from the War Office to-day also reports a repulse of a German raid in the Ypres sector. The artillery was ac- tive -on:both, sides during the night south-west of Cambrai. The hostile artillery Ancreased its activity in Neuve (hapelle and Fauquissar sec- tors. ' * ¢ PrP rb sae hdd Fp Ble bb bbb bebd - Sededefedeederidodob deeded ded defo dedod dod TROTSKY AT PETROGRAD Lenine and Government Commission- ers, Have Departed For Moscow. Petrograd, 'March 14.--In conse- quence of the departure of the Gov- ernment Commissioners to Moscow, a special Petrograd Military Revolu- tionary Committee of seven members, has been formed, with Leon Trotsky as president. Another committee of ten members, representing the Coun- cil of Cofamissioners, also will be formed, with M. Zinovieff, a Lenine adherent, as president. The neutral legations have decided to remain in Petrograd. The Germans advancing on Odessa are meeting with determined resis- tance along the Slobodka-Tznam a ine, - 'ommitted Suicide. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, 'March 14.--General Dum- badze, commandant of the port of Vladivostok, has committed suicide, says a Reuter despatch from Petro- grad. : William Hague Harrington, one of Ottawa's prominent citizens, died on Wednesday, He was sixty-five year# of age. a . sear so HORNELL INUNDATED Families Were Driven Out Of Their Homes, A {Canadian Press ch Rochester, NT March 14.-- Scores of families have been driven from thelr homes and all the indus- tries in Hornell are paralyzed as a result of a disastrous tlood, due to a cloudburst that swept down the Valley of the Genesee early this erning, inundating one-third of the ¥. ' ee al Sh > Attacked; Cost of 3 Tespite 3 cn Bodie: Jad on : ; Brit Vighant. = sage Away Debris; Incidents f the % 3 3-varnament and Parilament Men. 4---~1di :. Ripping ymes, SoIWenty, Years in City, Drives res in entre. Onta gio Ng te: ° m3 usemen nouncements. §--Offer Wood Lots; Military; The. ational: Sunday School Get y for Garden. vo he Noman Whe Changed: i from the Countryside. 18-3 fold of Sport; Bringing Up er, : : --i------------------ H. M. MOWAT, K.C., 'Will Move Reply to Speech From the Throne, Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, March 14.--The address in reply to the Speech from the Throne, it is announced, will be moved in the House by H. M. Mowat, Liberal-Unionist member for Park- dale, Toronto, and seconded by Dr. J. L. Chabot, Ottawa, the only French-Canadian supporter of the An- v KINGSTON, ONTARIO, BRING DOWN CAMOUFLAGED GERMAN GOTHA "BRITISH AVIATORS Ca Bankes, R. F. C. HOSPITAL SHIP WAS ATTACKED But Luckily it Was Able to Make Port] Though Damage. WAS FLYING RED FLAGS meng TWO TORPEDOES FIRED ENEMY SUBMARINE. The Guilford Castle Was Homeward Bound With a Large Complement of Wounded and Sick Patients on Board--The Attack Was Made At the Bristol Channel Entrance, (Canad 2 ch) London, far 14.--A British official statement says: The British hospital ship, Guilford Castle, home- ward bound, was unsuccessfully at- FROM ate ¢ What was wor a German Gotha recently brought to earth by Captain G. H. Haskell and Lieutenant C. C. Note the way the ¢ | municipalities, since they would be tacked by an enemy submarine at the entrance to the Bristol Channel on March 10th. She was flying Red] Cross flags and had all her hospital} lights on. Two torpedoes were fired at the Guilford Castle, the first miss- ing, and the second hitting the ves- sel's bow. Although badly damaged she was able to reach port. There were many sick and wounded on board who were transferred to the hospital, | This is the second submarine at-| tack on British hospital ships recent-| ly. A fortnight ago the Glenart Cas- tle was sunk in the Bristol Channel about 150 lives being lost. The sink-| ing, an. official announcement said, | was a violation of the German pledge as to immunity of hospital ships in| that area. ! The Guilford Castle is ship of 8,036 'tons gross. Bristol! Channel, in which the attack was! made, is an arm of the Atlantic ex-| tending into the south western part! of Great Britain between Wales and| England, a steam-| HERE'S A FINE MESS, Windsor Teachers Entertain hearts in Schoolrooms. Windsor, March 14.--Based on re- ports that some of its teachers have been entertaining their sweethearts in the school rooms and at times have been conducting themselves in a manner unbecoming ladies, the Windsor Board of Education has de- cided to hold a special meeting to deal with "certain matters that re- quire immediate attention." Trustee T. C. Ray states many of his friends had heard about the teachers, and other trustees admitted they, too, had heard whisperings of certain women teachers' fondness for men companions at times when they should have been devoting their en- ergies te school room duties, " Sweet Judge Arthur E. Burr, who took office on Monday as Judge of Probate for Suffolk County, Mass., dropped dead at the court house on Wednes- day, He was forty-eight, | | come from investments of men and | chise, as it is contended she is worth : Berlin despateh to the Politiken. Whig | Pages 1 ' THURSDAY. MARCH 14, 1918. | i { anvas is painted to make it look like clouds, THE BRITISH ~~ ARE VIGLAYT The Slightest Movement in. Coman Lines, Bn WOULD FORCE DEALERS TO WEIGH ALL COAL Legislature Gives Second Reading to Bill Introduced By J. A. Pinard. Toronto, March 14.---Second read- ing was given an important Ottawa bill in the Legi re, It was intro- duced by J. A. Pinard (East Otta- wa), and gives municipalities power [ Brings Deadly Barrage | to compel coal dealers to have ali! ---- { loads of coal weighed by municipal} wo) officials, while all wood { vendors | must have their loads measured. BOTH SIDES The measure is of special interest to | Ottawa, but it also interests other HUNS MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE i OF THE GOOD WEATHER. { affected by the legislation, Mr. Pin- ard said there were weigh scales in Ottawa, but the courts said the muni- cipality had not power to compel coal dealers to have their loads weighed before making delivery. Another Ottawa proposal was that a cord of wood should contain at least 128 cabic fegt of wood. In the event of the legislation passing, per- sous selling wood for fuel must show the purchaser the municipal weigh scales officer's certificate' showing how much wood the load contains. The British Tommies Cannot Be- lieve Fritz Will Try Any Monkey Tricks on Their Front. By Philip Gibbs, War Correspondents' Headquart- erg, March 14.--The enemy's gun- fire is increasing in violence along Some sectors on the front, and he has been shelling heavily abopt Armen- fderes, Neuve (Chapelle, Fieurbaix, and-other parts in the centre of the British lpe; but, apart from a few raids on 'outposts, no infantry' action has followed his efforts, which were frustrated on Friday and Saturday at Houtholst Forest and Polderhoek But /his guns are turning up, and the weather ds so fine and bright that "he may be tempted to take advant- age of it. { The [British troops are on the alert all along the line and send up warn- ing rockets when there is any sign of 'a movement in (No. Man's Land. A few days ago there was a simi- lar incident south of St. Quentin, The quiet of this part of the line was suddenly bréken by red rockets flaming out above the folds of earth where both sides held outposts in view of the great cathedral. Some- thing had startled the enemy, and his infantry 'were calling for guns by firing clusters of fireballs. Fur- ther along the line a Garman patrol party seen crawling acfods No Man's | Land was the cause of signals going up in the British lines, and the gun- ners on both sides saw rockets, and messages were telephoned through to batteries and groups. The coun- try was swept with fire, and for two hours there was a storm of shells from the British and the German guns. 'Then fit died down, for mo masses of field-gray men moved in- to the open, and no men in khaki went over the top. It was a false alarnr-on 'both sides, but it showed the power of the guns which lle low and say mothing for most days of the week. 1 have been in that part of the line below St. Quentin for two or three days. (Here, as all along the front, every man ds watching for the least sign of an attack; but I found among the British a kind of ineredu- lity that "old Fritz" would try any monkey tricks against their froat. because of the natural strength of, their positions and the completeness | of thelr defensive preparations. They are not worrying before it is {ime to worry, and they are confident that if the enemy makes a big attack he will be mowed down on his way and pay a rightful price for any gain of ground. It is in that spirit that the British armies wait, BELLS IN LEGISBATURE. One Provides for Protecting Incomes of Widows, Toranto, Mareh 14.---G. .C. Hurd- man (West Ottawa) introduced a bill in the Legislature affecting the sale of meat and giving any munici- pality the power to carry out a pro- per inspection of all meat sold even if not killed in the public abbattoir. Several bills were introduced by, the Opposition Leader.. The prin- ciple of one of Mr. Proudfoot's bills to amend the Assessment Act is to grant to farmers' daughters of twenty-one years of age the same rights as farmers' sons in the matter of the municiple franchise. The amendment to the Municipal Act de- sires the same change. An act to amend the Assessment Act provides that a widow's income, whether earned or inherited, also in- women past earning age, be allowel the same exemption from income tax as is now granted on the earned income of the head of a household. An act to ament the Municipal Aet provides that a married woman's housekeeping allowance should be considered her personal earned in- come, for the purposes of the fran- at least $400 a year in her capacity as housekeeper. Demand Immediate Peace. Washington, Mareh 14.--Copies of a manifesto submitted to the Aus- trian Reichsrath by Dr. Anton Koro- sheétz, signed by thirty-five Jugoslay deputies demanding immediate peace on basis of the right of people to self-government and the creation of an independent Jugoslav state, were made public here by the official Serbian press bureau. The docu- ment, suppressed in Austria, is said to have been brought to Washington by "indirect means." . To Be Connected by Canal. 'Copenhagen, March 14.--The commercial agreement between Ger- many and Russia will wontain plans for the construction of a canal which would form the connecting link of a waterway between the Bal- tic and the Black Sea, according to a WILL EMPLOY 100,000 MEN. | GAME Amsterdam, "Clearly the many out of game by breaking up Russia" Government. ue = IS GERMANY PLAYING THE (Canadian Press Despatch.) March 14.~--Some sections of the German press are becoming uneasy' over developments in the Far East. The Frank. * turter Zeitung considers that the breaking wp of Russia into a number of independent states is bad policy for Germany, and greatest tact and prudence be used in dealing with the border states so that they will not in future sigh for reunion with Russis and be- eotne so many thorns in Germany's side. The newspaper adds: Kupente polley is tn uss Japanese slfisce to shove Ger: Asiatic markets for ever. Germany has played their' writes: "Germany's Russian policy has played the Great Britain snd the United States. Tn the , Increased Hollahe's debt of gratitude to ¢ ae \ Ey --. Henry Ford Announces Plans of i Tractor Plant at Dearborn, i Detroit, March 14.---Henry Ford ' & Son's $3,500,000 plant at. Dear- { born, which is to manufacture trac- tors, will employ 100.000 men, Mr. Ford announcec. The plant, now nearing completion, is located on Henry Ford's property, directly ' op- nosite the Ford blast furnaces, also under construction, and which are to employ 25,000 men. The tractor plant will include a foundry, stock room, heat treating room, two assembly shops, pattern shop, gas production plant, power station and two machine shops. Pending the disposal of an appéal against the sentence of three months in jail passed upon Capt. George ag on FOR THE ALLIES ? game brilliantly for : ; same way Germany has fo 1s the Toronto Pulles Court Same way. nesday morning, of $5.- Great Britain, : 000 was allowed by Judge Winches { J - ter. 3 \ | THE RUSSIAN FLEET ' {are lying | suggested that Rumania should Rk LAST EDITION IN A FINLAND PORT, Attempt May Be Made to Re- move Dreadnoughts to Kronstadt. 'London, March 14,--The Petro- grad correspondent of the Daily News says an ex-deputy of the Bal- tic fleet has reported to the Petro- grad Soviet that the whole of the Russian Baltic fleet is lying at Hel- singfors, Finland, that the crews have melted away and that only a watch has been left in each ship. The dreadnoughts are soon leav-i ing the Kronstadt and the remain- der of the fleet will be left in the hands of Finland (where the ports are ' practically in German bands), Kronstadt being unable to accom- modate more The cruisers Aurora and Diana} in the Neva demobilized, | all moveable articles having been| carried away by the sailors, The Finnish Premier, Svnhufud,| who was in Sveaborg during the| civil war, has escaped. He has ar-| rived at Reval, Russia, and is going| to Berlin, DEMANDED ATTACK ON RUSSIA IN 1914| -- | {Germans Urged Rumania to showing that the Declare War, Promising Bessarabia. London, March 14.--According to] diplomatic documents printed in Rus-| sian papers, Austria-Germany as| early as August 31st, 1914, demand-| ed that Rumania should declare war! on Russia, guaranteeing her against} attack by Bulgaria, and offering her| Bessarabia and the Timok Valley. | Learning of this, Sergius Sazonoff| (them Russian Foreign Minister) | ob-| serve a benevolent neutrality, and in| return: offered her those portions of| Austro-German territory with Ru-| manian populations which she could | occupy when she thought fit, i Finally, in. December, 1914, the] Rumanian Premier, J. C. Bratiano,| decided to intervene actively in con-| junction with the Entente. He was, however, obliged to defer action ow { ing to the unpreparedness of the Ru-| manian army and the difficulties | attending a campaign, | i | Likely | | NO SHOWS ON SUNDAYS. All Quebec Theatres Will Close, Quebge, March 14. --It is likely that all theatres will be closed in this city on Sundays as a result of Arthur Drapeau, proprietor of three moving picture houses here, pleading guilty to violating the Lord's Day Act. All the other theatres that had kept open on Sundays had previously admitted their guilt and had promised to close in future. It was Mr. Drapeau's in- tention to fight the case, but when he saw that he was alone, he balked | at the heavy expense it would mean for him. It is stated that the Lord's Day Ob- servance Committee here will prose- cute skating rinks and other amuse- ment places which operate on Sun- days. HUNS MAY ATTACK ALMOST ANY TIME. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, March 14.---General Maurice, British Director of Op- erations, declared in an inter- view with the United Press that on the west front that an 'offen- sive is imminent. "The enemy air activity, which is the natural prelimin- ary to an offensive, may be an accident," Maurice said, "but taken in conjunction with other indications, it raises the suspic ion that an offensive is immin- ent." | EPP PEEP PIPE rere IY PEE E bP RE Eee rere i | { | | : REPLACES PRO-GERMAN i Theological Professor Had Espoused | Cause of Kaiser. i New York, March 14.---Rev, Harry| F. Ward, a professor in Boston Uni- versity, was elected successor to Dr. Thomas C. Hall as professor of Chris- tian Ethics by the directors of the Union Theological Seminary at their quarterly meeting here to-day. Dr. Hall went to Europe on a lgave of ab- sence in 18156 to do relief work in German prison camps. Prior to his departure he made several addresses and issued a number of statements espousing the German cause, He was decorated by the Kaiser with the Or- der of the Cross, third class, in 1914, SUES A FULTON VETERINARY. Wants $25,000 For an Alleged Alien- ation of His Wife's Affections. Oswego, N.Y., March 14.--Charg- ing that Dr. William W. Kennedy, a Fulton, N.Y., veterinary, bought his wife candy, a dress, ring. gloves, paid her dentist's bill, bought toys for the children and even purchased a razor for him, Boyd ¥. Merritt, of Fulton, has brought suit for $25,000 against the surgeon for alienating his wife's affections, Merritt declares that not only did he seek to win her love with the pres- ents mentioned, but that he "earess- ed and fondled her." and wrote ber 'numerous letters containing endear ing terms. Vacancies With Women's Names, Gouverneur, N.Y,, March 14.--The Democrats have placed a tieket con- sisting exclusively of women in the field, for the village election on Mares 18th, nothwithstanding the fact that all but one of the original nominees declined the day following the ecan- cus. 1 i t i ! i { yesterday LD ON LIQUOR T 0 BE TIGHTER Amendmeals to the Temperance Aet In- toduced inthe Ontario Legstatre, PRESCRIPTIONS AFFECTED DRUGGISTS MUST FILL OUT OER- TIFICATE OF SALE, Before Cider Can Be Manufactured The Maker Must Receive Permis- sion. From the Ontario License Board. Toronto, March 14.--Hon. W. D. McPherson, Provineial Seeretary, in- troduced a bill in the Legislature afternoon to amend the Temperance Act. The amendment provides that to every prescription containing alcohol the physician must attach a certificate quantity prescribed Ontario {1s the minimum amount required by the patient. The druggist who supplies the also fill out or ven- liquor must a certificate showing the date, name and address of the vendor and the name of the prac- titioner who ordered the liquor to be sold. dor Before cider can be manufactured the manufacturers must receive per- mission from the board. The bill provides that apartments that are over stores and having a private entrance shall be known as private dwellings. It also provides the machinery that those whose names are at present on the Indian list may be removed. The privilege of standard hotels selling malt beverages will not apply in cities over 50,000 unless the sec- tions of the Act is made to apply to those places. A ship or vessel on the great lakes shall be known as a place within the meaning of the Act. A magistrate or court may rehear a case under the Ontario Temperance Act, where it is shown that all evi- dence to try the case has not been previously submitted. An important amendment is the one which provides that no essence or tincture contain- ing 'alcohol shall be sold in bottles containing more then two and & halt ounces. This will do away with the abuses previously carried on by the use of the essence of giner for intoxi- cating purposes. This clause does not apply to grocers and confection ers, who may order the essence in wholesale quantities, but no indivi dual bottle shall contain more than two and a half ounces. Breweries are exempt from their local improve- ment tax in 1918, the same as they were in 1917. Several of the clauses in the Ontario Temperance Act are deleted so that the Act may be pass- ed by the Dominion Government. DROPPED BOMBS ON HARTLEPOOL, ENG. Five Killed, Nine Injured and Many Houses Were De- molished. (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, March 14.---Hostile air- ships dropped twenty bombs on the north-east coast, last night, about 9.30 o'clock, One Zeppelin crossed the coast and dropped four bombs on Hartle- pool. Six dwelling houses were de- molished there and thirty damaged. Five persons were illed and nine in- ured. { jured Last night's air raid was the se- cond made in two days over England by Zeippelins; which previously had not heen employed in these attacks for several months. Hartlepool is a North Sea port of some 65,000 inhabitants in North- ern England. Largest Haddock Catch, Boston, March 14.--The fishing steamer Seal reached here to-day with 304,500 pounds of haddock and cod valued at $18,000. Fishermen said it was the largest catch of fresh fish ever landed ut a New England port. The steamer was on the fish- ing banks two weeks. Pa pe ree b WAR BULLETINS, British airplanes attacked munitions works at Freiburg. 4 en tons of bombs were drop- + shee The Austiiane Jost seventy flying machines on the Malian frome. British dropped bombs on the Austrian army headquart- ors. Four Germans machines brought down and fifteen train od airmen killed, was the tol ao Yad night's reid over FRPP 0 00200000 Berlin ofticlal announcement says that German troops have entered Odessa, Russia. SEPP P PPPOE PPPS P PP bebe Td Submarines surk eighteen 4 merchantiven and one fshing vessel last week. . + 5