~Banks, Shops, Factories and Other Enterprises to Be Turned Over to Subjects of the Kaiser 'A despatch from London says: The reduction of all the forts at the entrance of the Dardanelles by the be eee battleship squad- ron unced in a statement caaaed bg nthe: Official Press Bureau. The allied fleet was able to attack the Turkish forts at close range. apid developments in the situa- tion are expected, as the Admiralty states that the operations are being continue The combined Anglo-French fleet, which consists of 32 ships, has been bombarding the positions at the en- trance of the straits intermittently for more than two months. The feat is regarded in official circles here as one of the most im- portant accomplishments of the allied pee since the beginning of the war, and predictions are freely heard now that the fall of Constan- tinople will come before long. Na- val experts, however, admit that this is merely the first step in a stupendous task, and that enormous efforts will be* 'reuired to force a passage of the rest of the straits, OUTER FORTS HAVE FALLEN Gateway of Dardanelles is Secured by Fleet of the Allies which are lined with strong wae and modern defensive works for distance of forty miles on oth sides. Furthermore, the Turkish fleet, which, under such conditions, is not to be despised, - suppo to he stationed in Nagara roads, at e narrowest part "Ot Ths water- way, and extensive mine fields have been planted at strategic points. The allied fleet is under comman of Vice-Admiral Carden, and is the strongest aggregation of warships on the allied side with the excep- tion of, the British home fleet. It compriées vessels of all classes, in- cluding submarines and destroyers, and has a strong Bg: serge of aeroplanes and planes con- ---- by the pote ship, Ark Bs al. The strongest units under the Bri- ticsh flag) are the battle cruiser In- flexible, which carries 12-inch guns, and the battleships Agamemnor, cae ee Pane and Tri- um Inder the French flag are the battleships Suffren, Gaulois and Bouv U.S. TO STARVE NATIONS. Aim of Bill Introduced in the House --A General Embargo. A despatch fromy Washington says: Word for word with the text employed by the act of June 4, 1794, by which all trade with Europe was stopped by the United States. Re- presentative Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania introduced a bill au- thorizing the President to declare an embargo between this country and the warring nations. The measure, if it becomes a law, will. enable the Chief Executive to forbid the commercial activities of all ships in the foreign trade. Should an embargo be declared, however, it is specifically termi- nated by a provision of the measure fifteen days after the convening of the next sesvion of Congress, "Congress should not sadjourn," said Mr. Porter, "without placing in the hands of the President every possible assistance with which to mect the complications as they arise,' fi. GERMANY TO S$ SEEK PEACE. Information Claimed by Copen- agen Correspondent. A despatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Copenhagen says: It is learned from a age inti- mately connected with the German General Staff that Germany intends to start peace negotiations in about two months. According to a special telegram from Berlin, in the course of the discussion on the Budget in, the Prussian Diet a member attacked Austria strongly, saying that Aus- tria was unable to beat Serbia, and that dissatisfaction with Austria's weakness was general. All the members applauded, but the official report makes no reference to the incident. ---- PRISONERS OF WAR, 2,177. Interned Germans and Austrians Are in Ten Camps. A despatch from Ottawa says: A return tabled in the Commons on Wednesday by the Minister of Jus- tice shows that since the outbreak of the war 2,177 Germans and Aus- trians have been taken into custody jin Canada as prisoners of war. The detention camps are at Halifax, see, Kingston, Petawawa, Spirit Lak Kapecskasing, Brandon, Lethbriige. Vernon and Nanaimo. Me German Submarines in | Mcaiter ranean A despate!: from Geneva says: Three new German submarines ar- rived by railroad at Pola (the chief naval! station of Austria-Hungary), according to a telegram in The Tri- bune, angl will soon begin opera- tions not only in the wer but in the Mediterranean. A despatch from Munich says that Germany is arranging to send several other submarines to Austria. CROWN PRINCE | DEAD AGAIN? Geneva Despatch Says That He Passed Away in December. A despatch frem Paris says: A Geneva despatch to the Excelsior says that for the third time since the outbreak of the war rumors of the -- of Crown Prince Freder- ick William are current in Ger- many. It declares that a _ letter from Berlin says that the Crown Prince died in December, and that the German court is in mourning. The correspondent sending the des- patch adds that the lack of mention of the Crown Prince in the German official reports is significant. * Two- thirds Enlist In English Colleges or A despatch from London says: To what extent university students in England are showing 'their patriot- ism by responding to the call to the colors was indicated on Tuesday when Sir John Simon introduced a bill in Parliament giving emergency financial powers to the universities on account of their sudden loss of revenue, It was stated that many colleges were being used as military establishments or for billeting, and about two-thirds of the students in Oxford and Cambridge had enlist- ed. The majority of the students re- maining in residence are unfit for service. a Statue in London of Crimean Heroine A despatch from London says: A statue of Florence Nightingale was) t unveiled here on Wednesday. It is the first instance in which a statue of a woman, aside from Royalty, has been erected publicly in Lon- don. On account of the war there were no ceremonies in connection with the unveiling. The figure bears a lamp in the right hand. It forms a part of the Crimean mem- orial group in Waterloo Place, the cost of which was provided for by smal! cubscriptions, largely from nurses, soldiers and sailors. --_k$--_--_--__. French Crew Rewarded for Sinking Submarine A despatch from Paris says: The French Marine Assurance Temps has turned over to Minister of Mar- ine Augamneur 5,000 francs ($1,000) to be given to the crew of the ship of the second light squadron which |! sunk a German submarine at Bou- | logne. The Marquis of Ornano has | offered a prize of 5,000 francs for | the next Zeppelin brought down in | France. satin Ni . HAD FOOD FOR GERMAN SHIP. | tritish Warships Capture the Goth: a) in the South Atlantic. | | A despatch from Montevideo says: The German steamer Gotha, loaded with provisions for the German aux- iliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm, has been captured by a British cruiser, according to reliable ad- vices, and taken to the Falkland Is- ands SEQUESTRATE ALL PROPERTIES 'A despatch from \Berne, Switzer- .Yand, reports an announcement by } the Wolff Agency (an official Ger- _™an news agency) that Germany is , to turn all business enterprises in 'Belgium over to her own sapiens announcement atio Brussels, Gen. von Binsioe the military governor, directed the | 5 sequesirating of business enter- prises in the kingdom, owned. 'bytp vand..thoseof her ally, Austria. subjects or citizens of nations with which Germany is at war. The ef- fect of this will be to banks, shops, factories and other business enterprises conducted by Belgians even in Brussels itself, where the Germans have never been sed. It will affect the business of Antwerp and other cities in a ar way. It will serve shortly , mecteeee vastly the hig ond of ns dependent cages ou uteide eka ¢ for subsistence PRICES OF FARM PrODUcrS| REPORTS FROM THE Leapine TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. Broastuffs. rch 2.--Manitoba first pat ent M, : 4 oy nts, n econ Spek ates wre om sess to wheat flour, rer ean. atents, $6.40, seaboard. . Wheat-- itoba No. 1 Northern, $1.67 No, 2 at $1.63, and No. 3 at $1. a" Ontario wheat, No. 2, nominal at "H: 50 to $1.55, outside point te--Ontario, , outside, and wt 63 to.65c, on track, Tor: Western Cau. pes No. 2, quoted at Tt 1-20, and No. 3 a Barley--Good malting grades, 85 to 88, u taide, Rye--$1.25, outsid ide. galt 2 quoted at $1.90 to $2.05, out- 6 e. Corn--No. 2 new American, 6%, all rail, Toronto hte Buckw. --No. 2 at 85 2 ne outside. Bran ana cherie BAG, © $2 a ton, and shorte at $30. Rolled pam-Car lots, per bag of 90 Ibs., $3.45 to $3.50. Country yr ee '0 2%c; inferior, to 20 to 2ic; creamery pri ate, 32 351-2c; $. solid to Sle; farmers' separate: to Egge--$3 to $3.10 for prime and $3.15 to $3. O'7 for ned -picked. Honey--60-lb. tine eell ed 12 1-2c, and 10- No. 1 combe, $3 per dozen, " 40. Poultry- * Chickens, dressed, 13 ducks, dressed. 14 to 16c; fowl, geese; 14 to lic; turkeys, dressed, Cheese--17 34 to 18 for large, and at 18 to 18 1-4e for twins tat i Po es--Ontario, 65 to 75¢ per bee. ou a Store. in car lots. New Brunewi a r lote, 6c per Provisions. "Who lesalers are selling to the trade on sor following pri ok ate naile - js 1 ved to 2ic; special, 2c; bonsleae bac "Green Meats--Out of pickle, tc less than smoked Lard~Pare tubs, 113-4 to 1%; pails, 12 to 12 1-4e; compouns, tubs, 934 to 10c; pails. 10 to Winnipeg Crain. March 2 53 1-4; ps d 6c; No. 1 N.W.C $1 '61; Ww, 81.58. ae ge Market --Corn- namerionn No. Wee No. 2 € Montreal, rley~Manitaba tend, 79 to 120 to Buckwheat, No. 9 wheat os. firsts, strong ba Man 30: "atratght 'rollers, $7.80 ¢ $3. ed = $3.80. Ro ne ple.. "57.25; 90 Ibs., Bran, $27. 'Bho rte, a ae $33. Mouiltie, 7, = to, $19. Bt finest easterns, 17 to 17 1-4c. Butter--Gholcest creamery, 32 to 32 1-20; secon to 31 1-2c. --Freeh, 35¢; selected, No. 1 stock, 27c; No. 2 etock, Bae. Potato per bag, car lots, 50 to 52 1-2¢ United States | parkets. Minneapolis, 2.--Wihea hard, $1.51 5-8:- <7 x Northern, "e "a7 18 to 8.51 1-8; No, 2 eae, 1 to | $1.48 5-8; May, 1.47 1-8. -No..3 yel- low, 6834 to 6%. Oate--N white 53 34 . Elour unchanged. Braz «Duluth, a irch 2.--Wheat--No. 1 i 52 12 1 , Northe rn, $1.51 1-2; Norther rn, °st.4 71-2 ¢o $1.49 1-2; "May, 81.5 Live Stock Markets. ronto, March brought 87. 60 wer hundred Night. o so. Top cowe sold a 83. i to' $6.25. the bulk, which were good. brought $6.50 to $5.75. Canners to $4.35 and cuttere, 84. 2% to $5, For aenkucn. t pounds, 5 to 86.35 was paid. Medium to good penthil 85.25 5,75. Milkere steady at $70 t choice an and lambe were fir wee $7.75, $7.90 wae paid 'off cars, sod $7.4 o/b. country pointe, ontien!, about 7 1-4c dd «tee -- . st a me Pa . and from that down = to 5 $40 $80 ; mbe, fy '14 to rf 1-2; g by ihe 5 . sheep, 5 1-30: Ja hogs, 8 14 to 3-8c. SPY SUSPECT ARRESTED. Plans of Highways and Letters Found Upon Him. \ despatch from Moncton, N.B., says: Reinhold Reidel, who says he is a German naval reservist, was jarrested on Wednesday by. I.C.R. | Special Agent A. J. Tingley, of this city, as an alien enemy. When ar- rested the German had on him a package of letters and plans of high- way bridges, railway tracks and bridges through the Matapedia Val- aCe, . x | 1.033, 000 Prisoners Claimed by Enemy A dk spateh from | rankfort-on the-Main, Germany, says: The Frankfurter Zeitung estimates that ithe prisoners of war in Germany and Austria now number 1,033,000. | This number, it says, is divided as | follows: 4 Russians ............... 692,000 Preneh ccissic cas aecae cas 237,000 Serbians ............... 50,000 Belgians .............-- 37,000 British ............,.-.. 19,000 ut 75 per cent. of the total is Abo held in Germany. 864 German Papers Suspend Publication A despateh from isterdam says: Figures compiled by the postal authorities show that since the beginning of the war 864 Ger- man newspapers have suspended publication. _ All Cereal al Stocks Seized by Austria A despatch Prom Vienna says: The Government has taken over all stocks of rye, barley, maize and flour products. ne istribution of bread will be undertaken i in vari- ous districts. Seven German Officers Killed and Two Aeroplanes Shot Down by One British Airm n A ee from London says: In an official statement on Wednesday night the Admiralty announces that ree of its aviators have been miss- ing since the recent joint 'attack upon Ostend, Zeebrugge, and the BE . districts, The statement is s:> 'In the recent naval aif Riek upon Ostend, Zeebrugge and the Bruges districts four flying officers were reported missing. One of these, Lieut. Murray, has since reported himself from Flushing. Murray was compelled to alight in the open sea and eventually was picked up by a Dutch torpedo boat. The other missing are Lieut. Rigall, Lieut. Hon. D. O'Brien and Sub- Lieut. Spencer. It is regretted that no firther news has been obtained of them _peven German officers were kill- two aeroplanes shot down, and FY a thind badly deeper by one Bri- | tish airman, according to a despatch to the Amsterdam Tyd here on Wed- nesday. Pursued by German avia- | tors between Thourout and Ostend, Belgium, the British birdman suc- ; ceeded in getting above them, the. despatch stated. He shot down two of the machines while fleeing from them, and hit a third, damaging it so that it had to descend. THE CLEANLINESS OF SINKS,CLOSETS, DRAINS.ETC. PAUL VON HINDENBURG. Said to Be the Most Good-Humored Man in German Army. Two months ago they named streets in Germany for Paul von t| Hindenburg, the man of the Tan- nentnre fight and the Lodz battle, *a score of other savage fights in uniifown places along Germany's eastern front. One month ago they began to wee towns for him. He is the war hero of Germany. One sees a dozen = von Hindenburg' Ss portraits t e of any other man. And that a the Kaiser, writes Herbert Corey. Von Hindenburg is the sort of a man who would be popular any- where--except, perhaps, in a gath- ering of persons opposed to the free exercise of appetites. He is a big man, is Von Hindenburg. He has a big voice. He has a big appetite. He lives wholly and sincerely each blessed minute. He likes nothing quite co well as to sit at a table in a favorite cafe, with a few inti- mates about him and draw maps on -) the cloth with red wine, and roar ex-| argument and batter down opposi- tion, and perhaps sing a German song in a at rearing, bull-like bellow that is still ee in an over-whelming sort of w e is .| peppery and good- thediied 'He will whéig the table with a ham of a fist until the steins dance over the edges and the waiters stand near the door and try to pretend they have not 'heard. And when he is out-argued and beaten and corner- ed he will surrender with 'a huge shout of laughter, and his blue eyes will gleam, and his big, rugged | warty face will fairly explode with | enjoyment. ore wir 'will shout. "More Win Don't think that Von Hindenburg is a pot warrior who wins his bat- tles at the tables. He wears on his wide breast the Iron Cross of the First Class--a rarely given reward for valor--which he won when he was a young lieutenant. Lakes as Defence. . For twenty years--maybe for thirty years--Von Hindenburg was the butt of Germany's military wits. Not that anyone said anything that would really hurt the bluff old fight- er. They loved him too well, for one thing. But he was commonly reputed to be possessed of a "bug."' He preached the doctrine of the Ma- zurian Lakes in season and out of sehson. He talked lakes and swamps and Russians and morass- | | t travelled. with General Von Hindenburg. es, He insisied that mire and mountains and water was/| Germany's best protection against the Russian. a war with Russia was cure to come. e had become possessed by this} Mazurian -- theory while he Nea stil He hed. 2 something, or he had failed to io contething-- the story is a bit hazy--and he Was tem- Porarily in disgrace. He was sent to the eastern front in order to ex- piate 'his offence. Like any good sol- dier he began to study his new en- vironment. vy and by he became an enthusiast. He studied- thai long eastern front: until he knew it fax betier than any one of us knows 'the palm of his hand, He was offer- command elsewhere and refused to take it. e wan to . know more about his Mazurian Lakes. He baskets of maps and Vv " Hindenburg 1 e! BATHS, 1S OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO HEALTH. documents, all about the Mazurian es region. He talked about nothing else y and by he became almost a uisance. Everyone liked the old san, but they had completely lost the appetite for his abominable akes. e men who surrounded the Kaiser would have none of his theories. Six years ago he was re- tired on a pension, greatly to his disgust. Berlin journalists declar- ed that it was to a his eterna! Gi He went t AD Set! reasonably lively little city, you--and began to build up a lake cult there. | Theory Proven. Three years ago Von Hindenburg; ¢ heard that the government contem- plated filling up the Mazurian Lakes empire. and the court cabal. He went to Berlin with his books ILLETT COMPANY Limite) ponretal oie eastern front to conduct the paign against the Russians. fought the battle according to the most nickel-plated ideas of the general staff. He should have won and his maps, and his big, red,|--but he didn't. And so the general good-natured, determined face, | staff at last -bethought itself of this He camp-| retired forsil--this relic of the last war with France--who had been at war with the staff over this same problem for a generation or more. 'Give the old man a chance,' ordered the staff. The world knowsewhat Von Hin- and that Jovian bellow. ed on the Emperor's doorstep. When the Emperor declines to re- ceive a person, that person is usual- ly expected to take a hint and go away. Von Hindenburg wouldn't. He just made more fuss, until at last the Kaiser told him to come in| denburg has been doing on his ag and speak his piece. And so Von] pet territory ever since. Hindenburg thundered and fulmi-' probably the most genuinely ane nated until the Kaiser threw up his, soldier of the whole via the~ hands with a laugh: ories for which he 'was laughed at "Keep your lakes, general," he' for thirty years are being proven begged. 'Keep your lakes. Only | true. Those verdommt whipper- way. snappers who laughed at him have wi hen this war of nations began| been forced to admit themselves Von Hindenburg was still in retire-! wrong. Little babies are being ment. Hi ear Mazurian Lakes ; named aul Von Hindenburg were still wet, and still surrounded | through the length and breadth of by swampy borders, through which! Germany. Carloads--literally car- roads ran on a mystic maze pat- | loads--of gifts for him clutter up tern. iiciaieaitl man was sent to Mi a a A this belt of | And he insisted that! oficer--compara- | TOTAL OF FOURTEEN SHIPS IN ALL Alarm Caused by German 'Blockade' Threat Has Disappeared Even in Scandinavian Countries A despateh from London says:! The Western Coast was Ege os The seventh day of the German] Friday afternoon much in "'blockade"' of the British Isles} manner as the Deptford. Ni ot thee brought news of the destruction of! crew were saved and were landed one more mercantile vesse!, making|in Plymouth Thursday morning. a total of fourteen ships of British | The en was a smal! coasting ~~ neutral nationality sunk or|stea y mines or torpedoes in While eight British ships have been destroyed in the week that the blockade has been in force, it is pointed out that they are for the most part small vessels and that the majority of them, instead of having faxed for this country, were either in ballast or carrying coal or other freight for neutral countries, It is believed here, aleo, that the Gasiruction of neutral shins and the first week of the submarine war- fare, which began on February 18. The latest victim of a submarine was a small British coasting steam- er, the Western Coast, which went down in the dangerous zone off Beachy Head in the English Chan nel. All of her crew were saved and landed at Plymouth. Fifteen members of the crew of the Dept- ford, eunk off Scarborough in the} cargoes will embre!l Germany with North Sea, were landed at South! neutral countries, andl that in the ' Shields. The engineer of the shi 'p lone run the losses which the allies | Kaye he was at his post when an ex-j| will suffer will he more than offset plosion broke the ship in half. We by the anger Arouved on the nar of {was thrown down and stunned, neutrals and the possible refusal of | managed to reach the deck and pe countries, sneh as Nerway to allow 'into a lifeboat. Some of the craw|gecds tu be ehipped from their ay they saw the woke of vub-} ports to Germany. | marine aiterwards They speni A Btoc -- desp aich sa; some hours in a small boat during a! shipping circles the alarm caus: sd bn | violent snowstorm end were nearly | the German i ockade threat has al- frozen when they reached land. On}mesi disappe ared. The regular the way they passed a steemship, /dincs from the wes coast of Sweden which paid no attention to their|/to England have resumed 6 ling signals, Later the steamer Fu'gens|and mail beats are being ds espate sh- picked them up. ed as usual MARVELOUS BALSAMIC ESS:NCES CURE CATARRH NO DRUGS TO TAKE~-A DIRECT BREATHING CURE | ------_ | | Statistics Prove Ninety-Ssven Per/, part of the nose, throat and lungz, Cent. of Canada's Population is | Carrying health-giving medication ta i : |every spot that is talnted or weak. | fest r ; | = With ie Berean You don't take Catarrhozone Uke of Caiarrh. | couga mixture--you inhale its heal- ing vapor at the mouth and it spreads This disease is most dangercus ow- ing to its tendency to extend to the @1 through the breathing organs, Bronchial tubes and lungs, where it soothing and curing wherever Catarrh exists. This is nature's way of {plying the richest balsams, the purest causes Cc Unfortunat ely the people have 'faith in sprays, oint- ments and snuffs, which can't pos-!@utiseptics known to science sibly cure, in consequence } A sneezing cold is sive in th catarrhal disease has become, a.--na-;-minutes, A harsh cough is yted in eon ral curse... Sclence is advancing } an Hour, {he most offeys!ve chierra is very day, ant fortunately ap remedy | ihoréughly drawn from the system. me been discovered that not onl Fer Asthma and Bronchial irrita- cures but prevents Catarrh. TBis | tl on nothing can equal Catarrhozone new treatment "Catarrhozone" has |--every physician and druggist says sufficient power to kill the germs o eo, and we advise our readers to, try Bronchitis, Catarrh and Asthma. it | this treaiment if suffering with a/ivi\- eaetay pure pine essences and heal- | ter ill, The complete outfit costs $1.10, balsams that ge to the remotest' medium size 50c., at all dealers.