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Dun, of the Supreme Court of Canada, have consented to nerve upon the com- mlulon. Able counsel will be rotun- ed to assist the commlulon. One of them will be selected by the Govern: ROYAL COMMISSION T0 Sll-T CHARGES The Dom-nion Government has do- cidcd to agfoint a Royal Commission to investigate the contracts to: (uses. under which. it is alleged, $3,000,000 was advanced to two “mushroom" companies in the l'nited States and out of which Col. J. Wesley Allison and his associates divided s commis- sion of $1,000,000. Major-Gen. Sir Sam Hughes has cabled a denial that he had any improper connection with these contracts. and will "ton to (‘anada as quickly as possible. Sit willism R. Meredith, Chief Justice of Ontario, and Mr. Justic. Lyman _P. Sir Witliam Meredith and Mr. Judie. 0qu Will lnveotigato Fun Con- tractsâ€"Sir 83m Will Rflurn Dr. A. W. Waite. the New York dentist, ha been charged with un- do: in the In: degree. April A. 1910. Despatches from London on Sun- day said: “The Germans are still car- rying on strong offensive operations northeast and northwest of Verdun. About four and one-half miles north- east ot‘ the fortress they penetrated the (faillette Wood, just outside Fort Douaumont, after a violent bombard- ment. From part of this wood the French, in an immediate counter- attack, drove back the invaders. An- other powerful attack was delivered 1111:1i11st that portion of the Avocourt \‘1 11.111 held by the French, but there 11-- 324111111 barrier fire 2111-1 machine 111.14 1.1111 the Germans without gain. ' 11111111111111 have now entirely evacu- 1‘! ge of Vaux 'and have . :111 :1 .inc south of the town, ‘. 1.1 its i11111111diate outskirts. On 1.11 11.1 .1 1111' ~. about Verdun there .1ave 1.)ch r:only intermitten: bombard 1 111T;<;tillery ,duels hate charac‘ 1 11.. ; 1L111 . ghting along the remain- <. :1 1,, the trout. Aircraft have been 1313* active around VerCun. The i '11:.1-11 brought down three German 11.1111ines, but Berlin asserts that the ‘1;1.1:;.l (0111 ‘11 ts have resulted in their 11.11.11. 1.:1th sides have been busily '11:!1;;1,ged in dropping bombs on mili- tary establislnnents at various points. ' iiaving captured the village of Ma- 111111-1111rt, the Germans have now shitt- lul their offensive eastward to the sec- It11r around the famous Le Mort liozzlme. With heavy forces the Teu- tons have attacked the French line i-.:-- .1111111 Hill 395 and Le Mort Homme 19:11 succeeded in entering French first ilme trenches. A vigorous counter- attack by the French, however, almost immediately expelled the invaders. land another attack by the Teutonl. {delivered a little later, is declared by farts to have been put down complete- y. had no plant or business of any kind and its paid up capital was $1,000. Hughea' Formal Approval Mr. Kyte charged that the American Ammunition Company, capital $1.000, having no plant, received the orders on which $1,565,400 wa:. paid before any delivery was made. That the International Arms and Fuse Com- pany, capital 83,000, having no plant, received $1,687,000 before delivery. That E. B. Cadwell, president ,, the In the House of Commons, Ottawa, on Tuesday night George W. Kyte (Liberal) of Richmond, preferred an elaborate indictment against the shells committee in connection with th . con- tract for fuses. He read from the record to prove on June 9, 1905, con- tracts were iwarded to two American companies for fuses involving an em penditure of $22,000,000. One com‘ pany was called the American Ammu- nition Company, and the other was called the International Arms' and Fuse Company. He read from the articles of incorporation to show that the first company was incorporated under the laws of Virginia just three weeks before it received an order from the shell: committee aggregat- ing about $11,000,000. The company KYTECHARGESALUSON WITHHUGERAKE-OFF Alleged Mushroom Unlted sum Oom- panlee Made Profit: Long Before Delivery of Shell Fun“ The Germans have made no “tempt to (lobouch from Malnucourt since thei occupation of the Vlflllage The heavy bombardments of preceding days in the region northwest of Vet-g dun have greatly slackened, and there, also has been only moderate nctlvity by the big guns to the north and the east of the fortress. Paris reports the! failure of a German infantry attack agai 4t the French to the south of the Somme River. near Dompierre, tho; shelling by the French of German troops on the march in the Argon!" Forest. and the battering ot Germ positions in the Forest of Apremont. A despatch from Colorado Spring. 3nd 3 message received by Mrs. Lovell herself in Toronto indicate that the three-year mystery ot_the disappea- ance of Prof. Cecil F. Lovell, PILD” formerly of Queen's University, Kine ston, has been solved by his m; ‘Immd in am town. The message add met “be we: picked up here am wondering ml: three run. He h victim of anneal; (loot m). and mu n my.“ ‘ With the exception of the big raid ‘0! January 31, when the casualties aggregated 67 persons killed and 117 .injured, the Zeppelin raids of Friday and Saturday nights caused greater ’loss of life than any previous aerial attack this year. The total casual- ties for the two nights, according to an oflicial report, were 69 persons .killed and 166 wounded. The casual ties of Sunday's raid in which Scot- lland was attacked by Zeppelins for the first time, are not yet known. .The British public finds satisfaction sin practital proof aflorded of a great 7 improvement in the defensive methods :0! dealing with aerial incursions. For It is stated that a number of per- sons who were injured in the Zeype- lin raid were rendered unconscious by asphyxiating bombs. Eyewitnesses concur that Zeppelin raiders never 'previously met with such a cannonade itrom anti-aircraft guns. The raiders, 'lndlvidually and in concert, attempt- ed to progress inland during a greater lpart of the night, but were repeatedly ichecked by a tornado of shells. k “machine of Lieut. Brandon was .several times by machine gun bullets from the Zeppelin. Alfred Brandon, fithe British airman, is a native of .Wellington, NZ. He only joined the lFlying Corps last July. 1 Hundreds of Casualties i Official bulletins dealing with the IZeppelin raids of Sunday, Saturday and Friday nights read as follows: “A Z91)§,(31lll rub]. took place Sunday night, when. 11w. coast m bootland and hue litll’llu'z‘ll and southeastern ("oun- itit-s oi' tggwlhno nol'o dsL¢i\_,l.t:Ll. Bombs Lire drop,.d ill various places .\'o .dmails are available. Th0 airship; 'z:;;;,,-yrn:1(¢lz(-v..i l northeast coast Eaton :(lny night. {.lilj.‘ :nt- a.‘z't;-_-».::.:*d the" coast. {The oiher {$1.113 d back. For the pre- :sent we know that sixteen persons iwere killed and ahout loo injurwl. 'i'ne total casualties reported in the Leppolin raid on the night of Mart-j: 31-April 1 now amount to formalin-o .l.illed and sLXL:.'-six injured. Nearly 200 explosive. and incendiary" bombs were dropped. There was no military damage. A number of our aeroplanes went up to atttack the raiders." Crew Were Afraid “None of the men of the L-15 would admit that bombs had been dropped during the raid, probably from the unfounded fear that any such admis- sion would entail punishment. The prisoners will be placed with the other German prisoners, and no dif- ference will be made in their treat- ment. All the captured German offi- cers and men will receive the same pay as those of equal rank in the British service.” the first time since the inception of this method of warfare on the British coast. not only has one raiding Zeppe- lin, L-15, been brought down and its crew taken prisoner, but the official report recounts an exciting aerial fight between a Zeppelin and a Britis‘ air- man, Lieut. Brandon, who, mounting to a height of 9,000 tut. got over the raider and drOpped several bombs on with effect. The L-16 was brought down by land batteries in the Thames BABYKHJIRSTAKEN; £~W HEAVYLOSSOFUFH CAREOFmEBuNM “It is War.” Says Hunâ€"Captor. Vary Kindâ€"New Zealander the Heroâ€"- Three More Raids “I‘do not think you would find an officer of the German navy or army who would willingly participate in the killing of women and children," said ment-Commander Breithaupt, commander of the Zeppelin L-15. “I am very well satisfied with the treat- ment here. We have a much more important object in view than L116 killing of women and childrenâ€"~name- ly, the destroying of the enemy's armed positions, warships and factor- ies. Women and children become the victims of our operations, but not be- cause we kill tlzexn intentionally. It is war.” Lieut. Kuehne, second in command, said that it was his first raid 011 England. “I had hoped to come again." he added. .‘khAQd whetfi 1‘ he participated gladly in air raids. Commander Breithhaupt replied: “Yes. I do my duty as an officer gladly. As to the ri.~. k .1 air fighting we know the chantes we run.’ ’Breit . kanpt wore an Iron Cross of the Oc- tober, 1915, raid, and had been with the Zeppelins since war broke out. All the members of the airship’s crew. when interrogated, expressed satisfac- tion at the treatment they had re- ceived. Four hundred American cavalrymen under the command of Col. George. A. Dodd, have fallen on the main body of Francisco Villa’s bandits at the San Geronimo ranch, scattering them in many directions and driving the bat:- dit chief, wounded and crippled, to seek a hiding place in the mountains. Villa was hurried from danger in a carriage. The fight opened at 6 o'clock in the evening of March 29. and continued for several hours. (.701. Raider’; Band Scattered in First Clash With Pursuers Dodd with picked troopers of the Seventh and Tenth Cavalry fell upon the unsuspecting Villa camp, where 500 bandits were celebrating the mas- sacre of 172 Carranza soldiers two any. previously at Guerrero. Sir Robert Borden announced in the House of Commons last week that the enlistments in the Canadian army to date were 290,000. 0! these 112,000 are in Great Britain or at the front, and 136,000 are in Canada. There Have been 22,000 casualties, and the wastage has been 21.700. At the end of February the. total war cost to Canada was $187,000,000. Sir Robert has given notice of a resolution to provide for $250,000,000 for war ex. penaee, to give the Governor-in-Conncil power to raise by way of loan such samuarereqnirediorwarpnrpoaea Official Figures of Enlistments in Canada and Cost In Dollars Nearly 300,000 in Khaki Villa’s Band Scattered H un Captain's Story Defences Improved TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE According to the hat Dominion census. there are 3,200 blind people in Canada; of these Ontario elainui 1.100. Statistics tell us that 80 or g 90 per cent. of the blind of every1 civilized country are adults over 20' years of age; 60 per cent. of the blind j of Canada are over the age of 16. In the adult class, it is more than prob- able that the next census will and these numbers of the blind largely‘ increased, owing to its war. What machinery has Canada ready to train . and equip these blind that they may become self-supporting? There are five blind schools in the Dominion. Only one of these is in any way equipâ€" ped or suitable for the training of adults, the blind training college in Halifax, which, under the leadership of Sir Frederick Fraser, has become the model blind school of Canada. This institution is supported partly by municipal grants and by a prc rata grant of from $160 to 8200 a year for each pupil attending the school from Newfoundland and the Mari- time Provinces. The bzihd school at Branttord is the only one supported by the state. The other three schools are situated in Montreal, but none are equipped in any way for the training of adult blind. The Maritime Provin- ces come nearest to the problem of help for blind workers by the Mari- time Association of the Blind, whose field secretary, S. R. Hussey, follows up pupils and others who are attempt- ing to earn their living, and endeav- ors to arousx public support and in- terest on thtir behalf. Two years ago Sir Frederick Fraser turned over $1,000 to this association from the superintendt-nts' fund, to be loaned out for purchase of tools. or equip- ment. (jail; 1.. is ahead of any ot'v r «(gantry Fri 31%;: her (‘LiI‘O ol' the blind ll: 01;..- ',:_.rticular. l:t~‘.'orc the year 15.1» 1..) \(iliiill'y allowttl litera- ture {UI' tilt: blind to go l'l‘H: lill‘ml: it its mails. “'illtulil was Int- lirst to Lal‘ant t‘:.'-' 3.3‘1‘."il!__lt*.:ill(l lliis'was largely oath: to the lllSlllllEl"lli:illl}’ of Sir FTP/filt‘fii'k 'l‘ragtr. Amvrit'a followed Canada's l“1l(1 a new years later, by allowing l'rvc foamy?" of books from :uhlic libraries to the i:-.-‘ Vidual only. In England there are a large number of voluntary workers for the blind. who print books in the Braille, that is the personal service and interest. In the United States each state is compelled by constitu- tion to provid for its blind citizens. that is the interest of the state. Can we not h0pe for a combination of these two examples throughout the Dominion, and commence right away by arousing public opinion every- there to the great need of the blind {in this country?â€"â€"Grace E. Kennedy. A Quick Trip After the racing season closed at New Orleans one season a colored roustabout asked where the next meeting was to be held. He was told “Toronto." “Is it far?" “Just a short distance,” was the reply, so he jumped in a boat and started to row there. When about four miles from New Orleans an ac- quaintance on the bank hailed him with: “Hello. Link, ole boy!” Link started for the shore, musing to him- self : “Ah,wondah who knows me in To." onto?” A Serbian Woman The peasant costume of the Serbs is most picturesque, the feature at it being a fringed apron of study onlors and beautiful finish. The wbmen are usually healthy and powerfulandinmanymm You cannot sew buttons on your neighbor’s mouth. When money speaks, truth keeps silence. . The German may be a good fellow, but it is better to hang him. A woman’s hair is long, but her sense is short. A fool shoots; God gnides the bullet. The spoken word cannot be swallowed. The greétest king must at last be put to lged wit); a s_ho_yel. .' D683 Earl: and the Wind carries 1t away. _ _ A dog is wiser than a woman: he does not bark at his master. Where God builds a church. there the devil has his chapel. 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