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no Espionage. = ers. : Rovesiol a bags hension of New York Woollen 'Merchant 'A despatch from London says: The approaching trial of Anton Kuepferle, a Ggrman-American, on ~ a clmrge of high treason, promises to prove sensational. The arrest occurred some 0° the eve of Kuepferle's -- od depar. | ate ture fof the Continent, but the of his arrest and the various hear- ings before a police magistrate have been kept secret on account of the extreme importance to the la State of the matters involved and the endeavor to deal' adequately with the wide ramifications of Ger- man espionage in . Britain which Kuepferle's apprehension disclosed. It is no exaggeration to say that the authorities consider Kuep- ferle's arrest the most important of its kind since the outbreak of the war, enabling the authorities to lay bare a most elaborate system of obtaining most valuable informa- tion of military and naval plans and transmitting them to the enemy, The worst feature of the case 1s that it reveals beyond the shadow of a doubt that the most dangerous headquarters Tor des patching spies to England are lo- cated in the United States. The revelations by Btegler, who ' Fe 'chiefs of the German intelligence | ¢ his connection with crook: pas sports, have an important : in, the present case, Kuope| 4 erle, who is engaged in WOO! len Business, in n Row York, landed) at Liverpoo almost i ately travelled to Ireland, yet ith. in five days he had accumulated sufficient information that he con- sidered his mission ended and at- tempted to leave England for Hol- , where he intended to deliver ' information to responsible department. t happened, unfortunately for him, that the night he selected to Jeave Folkestone the Flushing steamship service was temporarily suspended owing to the activities of German submarines, and hence he fell an easy captive in London. When Kuepferle was arrested ex- tremely vital information was found in his possession. He was equip- ped with all the paraphernalia which modern spydom regards as essential, such as representatives, invisible ink, codes, addresses, in- structions, thereby laying before the authorities the most complete plan of German espionage which England has yet discovered. ITALY WILL NOT ENTER THE WAR Has Reached An Agreement with Austria, According to Paris Advices. A despatch from Paris says: Pri- vate advices have been received here to the. effect that Italy and Austria have reached an agreement which will satisfy the aspirations of the Italian people for an enlarge- ment of : the national boundaries and preclude all possibility of arm- ed intervention by Italy on the side of the allies. While despatches from Vienna recently said that Emperor Fran- cis Joseph was absolutely opposed to the cession of a aay territory as the price of continued neutrality on the part of Italy, the advices which have come to hand state that the Dual Monarchy has consented to the cession of the Trentino. It is added that the necessary docu- ments" have been drawn up and signed. This news bears out the reports from Geneva recentl that the Trentino, geographically and his- torically a part of the Italian pen- insula, was to be handed over to Italy, but is to be occupied by _ Italian troops only at the end of the great war. Austria has inter- posed this stipulation so as to be certain that Italy will maintain her neutrality no matter what future events may change the present * situation. It has long been ized here that however much the Italian peo- ple might desire to Pw War on the side of the allies, the basic point in the official attitude of Ital the declaration of Premier > dra that Italy would remain neu- tral "until her interests threatened."" It has been no secret that Italy would be. willing to give a binding promise to the central empires to keep out of the conflict in return for satisfactory territorial concessions, and ass ances that her aspirations in the Adriatic would not be menaced in Case of a Teutonic victory. rrr fe Reporters Pay Fines For Dangerous News A despatch from London says: Charles Dyson, a local reporter, was fined $25 at Portland Police Court for supplying mews to the press calculated to be of use to tor of the Southern Times, was "fined $50 for publishing s report of similar nature. and * Eaward Newman, | Red ATTEMPT T0 SLAY SULTAN OF EGYPT the Palace Went Wide of the Mark. A despatch from London says: An attempt wes made on Friday to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt, Hussein Kemal, according to a Reuter despatch, from Cairo. As the Sultan was leaving Abdin Pal- ace -a native fired a shot at him. This went wide, and the native was immediately seized. The Sultagy officials, and a crowd assembled around the palace and gave him an ovation when he return His assailant in a statement described himself as a native Egyptian, 25 ears of age, and a merchant hail- ing from Mansurah. He was per- fectly composed. Mites WANTED. A Tropical Rain of Sheets, We have had, since the war be- gan, a liberal education in the matter of giving. So many de- mands have been made on public generosity that we hardly feel sur- prised at any demand, however great. Notwitl a ne we were, many of us, rendered almost breathless, when we saw the list of "'needs" for the equipment of the University Base Hospital. '"Where,"' we asked, "is the mo- ney- to come from to purchase these?' Then a brilliant idea occurred to one of the workers. It was this-- 8| "Why not have a sheet shower, not only for Toronto, but for the Pro- vince ?"' Ours is a provincial university. Why should not we give the women of Ontario an opportunity to help i these furn: ingsl i portunity is that is n ed, for there are thousands of mothers, wives, and sisters of past | For and. present Usivereity, sin Sindee who will be only too gl Hundreds, perhaps, will 2 oe time to send to buy sheets. They will then go to their own well- stocked linen-presses, and taking some treasures, laid away in view of illness of their own nearest and dearest, will dedicate them to the nearest and dearest of others, in fair France. The dize most required is 60" x 108", and they may Ly sent to the "Cross Bosiety. 77 King Street. East, Toronto, marked Base Hos- pital, No. 4, immedia: ; JEAN McPHEDRAN. WOULD BE CERTAIN DESTRUCTION Commander of. German Cruiser Quits Bluffing and interns the half Prinz Eitel was sent to jail in New York for: the ed Shot Fired at Potentate as He Left | paid his intended visit to various | fs id teide si od Si ae, one Yi faogee' 2. or aiatod at 00, aad ~Good malting grades. 9 to So. Rye--$1.15 to $1.17, outside. Peas--No. 2 uot $1.85 to $1.90, out- side. Corn--No,'3 mew 'American quoted at 8ic, 'all rail, Toronto freight. puckwheat--No. 2 quoted at 82 to 83¢, Bran and shorte--Bran is Suoted a at 82% | a ton, and shorts at salled oate--Car lots, per bag of 9 bs. Country Produce. Butter--The market is firm with off ings inenfficient to go around. Cho! dairy, 27 to 28c; inferior, 21 to 23c; cream. hy Dhints, 36 to 36 12; do., solids, Egge--Receipts are large and price un. hanged at 20 to 2ic per dozen, in case ne--The mario ie steady at or hand lor prime, and $3.25 to $3,40 for hand ltry--Chickens, freesed, 16 ducks, dressed, 13 to 150; fowl, 11 turkeys, dressed, 20 to Sn Oheose--The market contihues firm at Bite for large, and at 19 to 19 1-40 for Fotatoms--Ontario, "55 to '600 per bag out of store and 45 to 50c in car lots. New Brunswicks, car lote, 55 to 60c per bag. to to 170: 3 13¢; Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is guoted at $8 to $.50 a ton oar lots, on track here. Hay--No. 1 new ra 'ie quoted .at $17 to $18; No. 2 % $15.50. 0.816; and No. 3 at $12.50 to $13.50. in Business in Montreal. Montreal, jer 13.--Corn--American No. 82 1-20. Date anadiah Batley--Manitobe feed, - Buckwheat--No. grant patents, ' ; stron; balergs 10; siraight bags, 90 Ibs, $3.25 to forte $25. Middlings, 833 to $34. oullle, EE ad $38. Hay--No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18 to 819. Cheese--Finest westerns, 17 1-4 to 17 1-2; finest easterns, 16 3-4 to 17, But. to 66 Pigoes 827. Lard tierces, 375 Ibs., ' 91.20; 'wood pally; y net, 102; pure, tierces, 375 lbe., ii 1-2, pure, wood pails, 20 1bs. net, 12c. en United States. April 13. --Wheat--No. 1 hard, $1 ; No. 1:Northern, $1.48 7-8 to 1.52 7-8; No 2 Northern, 81.4378 to $14 19; May, aE do $1.46 7-8. No. 3 yell ow, 8 2 to 68 3-40. Oate--No, 3 54 150, Flour and bran Dui rg $i-rEineced $1. nt M , $1.55 1 Northern, $1. 5 dsr 0, 2 others; $1.47 6 20 $1.48 58; fay, $1.50 68, Minne: Lis, Live Stock Market. 13.--Butchers' god, 3 © pails, Re , $5.15 to $6.95; $5.25; butchers' pli oy Sou i good $6 $6.30; ulls, $4. blo 0 ay lene! 85.50 to 86. i do., Lob, 50 to $4. 700 £0 1,000 Ibs., ! ore, cutters, $3. . to $4.30; milkers, choice, $60 to $80; do., common and medium, $35 to $45; soringers. Fu to 875; heavy, $5 to i 25 lambs, $5 20 ,50; hogs, fed , Off cars, 15 to $9.25; do., Lob, 3.40. Montreal, April 13. --There were no choice steers on the market, but a few sales ot steers were made at $7.50 to $7.75, 3.0 Jower grades from tha to 8 $5.50, i bulls from bro hs | mn and bu owt." The demand for calves was fairly and sales wi ng f from 32.80 "$o aa Era vere, mds at SLD. ; - ee French Women Eager To Drive Ambulances | ;.. A despated from Paris says: The French women's automobile club has commenced the recruiting of 'women motorists, aviators and bal- loonists to form a of ambu- lances. for the French army. Ap- plications are coming in at the rate of 100 per day. organization aims to find enough capable women conductors to replace all the men at present. driving ambulances who are capable of rendering better s ser- vices at the front. : 2 in ORDERED our. OF NORWAY. Sires } Pirate Craft Discovered by fo , the io ig at he dud prc Norw SE fat Ll : | ous and capable. 3B to| bara seo | quarters in South man; much' ak 1 do do whi his 2 Subsea me: ng this post he at 'od t the ny Colle from w. he eventually ly. By this time he' as ere the scientific: i what is 'more, exceedingly EL "Thus 1t was that, | in. 1808, he became D.AA.G: to Lord Kitchener, and was present in that capudity at the batt, eg of At- nd Khartoum., . en- dood Lord Roberts' of of his brains by mentioning twice in despatches and in comparatively young o very much into his confidence, indeed, treating him as one of his night" hand men, A Defender of Ladysmith. By this fime he was no longér a riffeman, having e Shanged from the 60th into the Colds Guards, and on war as bream in South 'Africa, Bir George White, who was very much one of "Bobs' 3 men and an admirer of "Bobs"' discoveries, asked to';have-him on his staff in Ndfal.. The consequence of this request was that, as A.A. G., Rawlinson was with Sir Geor during the defence of Ladysmit/ . | Though nowadays the siege of that ' | place seems almost a small episode, yet it must not be forgotten that the defending force suffered tre- mendous privatiofs and showed the utmost 11 and gallantry in de- fending Ladysmith until its relief. Rawlinson did so well with Sir George that he next Veith to head- frica, serving under both -of his former het, 'Bobs?' and "Lord K."" He also os found time to command a mobile | column, get mentioned three: times |- in despatches, a gob both the ~ 'Lt.-Gen. Sir Henry 8. 'Rawlinson. King's and Queen's medals: with eight clasps. By this time he had at | convinced ayons that he had nd brains, so ©com- eminently $0 oa proved,. After command of a brigade at i shot, and later of a vision on Salisbury Plain . He is tl a soldier of the modern school of | & thought, and believes that brains | tter. than beauty initiation a useful than pipec fay. en with the jmotsy. Re Tos ukd, ave retir ong ago. Only e love of his work and a desire to manda" Pa, Rat Cohin vas ate od army. He is only fifty years of age i r tially a Sportsman, > / 'essen even" Sandhurst Se bac ig rather to the envy o a y pool who 'could 1 it to do eo re hunting © cricket, or, : is to 'out "oxtronely| Cd this | .| engineeri | over, the '| says: T | has replied to he claim of the State '| Department for co! French Expaditionar; ary Force Is Is Ready to "Proceed _. Without Delay 'to Any Point Necessary - "a despateh. from Paris says: French troops 'from Africa are ready to assist the allied fleets and British expeditions res against Turkey. £ re omcal statement 3 Te ned | a ce : "The expediti corps the Orient, which was placed > der col of General A. G. d'Amade and concentrated at Be zerta (oI fortified seaport of Tunis, Africa) to perfect its organization, 'has e the voyage of the Le- odie War | the 5 It has been ready since "March 18 to aid 'the allied fleets and British itionary «orps. In waiting it was deemed advisable not pro. long the stay of the troops a a a pi oe son, the y of was accepted. The French forces Pieri been debarked at Alexandria, a are installed at Ramleh, they are resting and their organization and They are ready to proceed Bore vant under the best of conditions. a delay to any point necessary." away his 'men's lives. He has brains, he has energy, and the power to command; with this com- bination there is little doubt but that the men under him have full confidence in him and will follow him to the end. He is a product of Eton, and Eton may well be proud of him. ) Si Clergyman Working In a Shell Factory A despatch from Glasgow says A call for recruits oe pe Bh the manufacture of shells brought forth + a clergyman,. who . was promptly accepted. He is Rev. Stuart Robertson, of Pollokshield | Church, a tall, athletic figure, who now serves from 6 o'clock in Borning wal Ss Bn 8 ateoy be ia day's Work work to his her Beberisesn as his even- ing's Tecreation. emma ees Germany to Se Settle I Jor the the Wm. P. Fryé h 7 fom _ Washington Government A des n_ for the sinking by the Prinz ~ Eitel Friedrich of - the Américan ship | al | William P. Frye, assuming liability | ning--h i ho only for destruction of the ves- 1 se but of the cargo, under the Treaty-of 1828. Germany requires, | however, that the case shall be taken before a prize court for the ssfablidliment of facts concerning owner = of ship and sarge. To this the Btate Deparment will as- sent. ---- isomers be PS atmed by Gemany a atch * Thom "Amsterdam 3ays: ord received here from Ber- lin says that on April 1, -812,800 Lprisoners of war were being held in | Germany--10,175 officers and 802,- 633 men, "The de despatch gives the oof Brn bs nationality a fol- French deneran distinguish himself kept him in the | Belgian ...... British. -- WOLVES ON BATTLE: FIELD. The Terrible Experience: of a Rus. sian Officer. The presence of wolves has added East Prussia and Poland, A recent despatch' from Petrograd gives the harrowing experience of a Russian officer, as he related it in a Him 4 newspaper. He was severely wounded, and when he came himself he was appatenily} the a ; : living soul 'left on the field ing himself together and a on! his sword, he staggered as best he could to the shelter of the adjacent. wi "Jush as I yeached the ed of the wads * 'he says, "I in tér- In the distance I "heard the! utterably melancholy in the 'still attends | autumn night, Another 'wolf 'an- swered in the same dismal note.| The howling drew nearer: Present. ly it was all round me, moment. "I am no coward. I ama sports man, and have killed many red but what I heard that night I can: never Jorgetn The * howling kept coming closer and closer. clearly there was no chance of ia myself when the circle had fi i Bo siosed ed upon me. managed it I do not . By Ans some bushes a hun-, dred yards away. I reached them', and dropped to the ground. TI re-/ solved to fight as long as I could. I had my loaded revolver and my sword. "The wolves came nearer and nearer, and their howling filled the 'night. Now they were at the bor- Jer of the woods, In the darkness I could see dim shadows: moving ~ [slowly between the trees." As they, came out of, the woods from into one for some minutes, wolf bowled , and stood thus Then another fom somewhere out on trot, they bushes where I w 'revolver the clump of sitting with! - ot one turned, 'he went .by, . expec that he would spring g at me, tie Jot: Ea how many there fore, br t they a new terror to the battle fields-of 1 went run- L w= ing louder and more Huish . 'ent directions,' they drew together at the bait) eld, and ea : "Without Baste in a deli "passed. 'toward me. I watched cach © one a8 a