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  *ST-RIKES A ~R0_CK
Steamer went -to
., for-1
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the Bottom in Five
Minutes 338 Passengers and 107   over Si
   7° ~  g  _      lnalion ati,Verdun.e“Preparationlor Defence
`”°M;”w “missin” r ...fr ls.. or 0uick_0iienslve nsidered Adequate- German.
Sirengtll at this -_Po l Evidently Waning. (Ion-
. linuetl Activity on 'tlther Parts oi Western Front L
‘With Alternate Gains and Losses. ag:
,(8peclsl to the Guardian.)
SANTOS, _ Brazil, March. 6.-The
Spanish steamer Principe de Asturias
has been sunk by striking a rock. She
went to the bottom in Eve minutes.
Eighty-six members of the crew and
titty-seven passengers have been
brought to Santos.
LONDON, March ti.-A Lloyd's
despatch; from Santos says 338 passen-
gers and 107 members of the crew of
the Principe de Asturias are missing.
The steamer was wrecked ysstsrdsy
off Sebastlno Point. the westem ex-
tremity of an Island of that name near
the entrance to Santos Bay.
th t b b h ld b t f red to PARIS, March 6.-The official state-
diogifgd ri?°.lEtf:gt Ridaiug.olll'lolFksiivi‘i'!; tiliiarrgiugel betv?'e‘;1 ggligtouriilhiieéeorge- mem- ¢°`“i5ht “YV “I” Ch°mPag“°
the only damage being the breakage town, Hon. J. D. Hazen, said the ar- the
Germans delivered an attack, ac-
_ tm _ companied by jets oi' liquid fire, on our
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there may have been more than three tiong prevented the continuance of the M
Zeppelins. A correspondent on the
east coast says the approach of the town it was maintained between Pic- gg’
diriglbleg 'from the north-east was tou and Georgetown.
service between Picton and Charlotte-
lsous de Champagne.
On our right. the enemy wasstopped
our barrier of lire and was not able
set out from his trenches. To the
left, in the region of Maisons de
l.f:°L‘i”;‘          
bombs. Then camo terrific thuds ol' necessity of placing a guard on Hills- mg
our trenches in u small advanced
explosive bombs. Houses were shaken borough Bridge. lie was informed by °9°“°“~
to their foundations. Snow had been
Hon. Dr. Itcld. acting Minister of
in Argonne we exploded a mine. by
» ~ which we destroyed a German post
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dent nt an unnamed town in Kent says an agitation to this effect but t-hat the em
that the Zeppelin appeared early in
the morning, flying low. No bombs Justice Dept. 285,
matter was now being taken up by the
edge of which we organized.
Between Haute Chavauchee and Hill
after exploding two mines, the
_ - enemy by reason of explosions was
xiirgsrgldoggie-tiiledcdkgt.dmgibm dis _ Aisle' to gain a slight foothold in our
_ , - ,a
BiIR(LrN. March 6. The German
vanced trenches, but an engagement
of hich we
ove the adversaries out ot’ our
» ensued .ln the course w
s mul is me ein-am)   er i
_ _ trenches and occup ed one side of the
glinarrtltgilaaisolxicfuoigruréy-lgiliiti crater. gilrtartflllgry aaa nccnnvsry
naval depot at Hull was bombarded. '   “C "°~ 0” ° “‘ "“””' “ 9’ “
the explosions being observed to he
eilective. All the airships returned,
despite the shelling.
 _
ENGLISH M-P. RESIGNS HIS SEAT.
LONDON, March 6.-'Francis Neil-
son. Liberal member oi’ parliament for
lilo Hyde Division of Cheshire, has
applied for; e .Chiltern Hundreds.
which is eqiqlvalent to resigning his
seat. Mr Nei son is at present in the
United States. where he has been
since August, 1916. He has not so
psared,ln the House of Commons or
in bis .constituency since the start of
the war. Neilson is the author of
numerous plays. llbrettos and short
stories. ‘
conpnnalsn ans. _
Too barn son
OLASSIFICATIOF
laser
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Mini-
ONE word
tion of munitions were captured Const alla
After having vigorously shel derahle ilghtinglbetween Russians and ca
led the region between Bethanconrt Germans has taken place in North qu
and Meuso, tho Germans in a. strong west Russia. Russian army smashing tm
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of Verdun. ‘ Not satisfied with this nity of Friedricbstadt. Owing to heavy
gain, they several times essayed to. rains and avalanche; lighting has al- 315;' mgfgilm;ss2§Wq{;,gE2§{"'}f;;fsL
_dobauch from the village against Cote- most ceased on the Austro-Italian Morrison of th sth C` M R wh'o wg!
De-Loie, but the French counter at- front. Wounded so-meemonths' a' u'udi noi
tacks forced them back into the village Berlin reports that in the Zeppelin In g° S
and held them there. _ raid over England Sunday night. Hull,
In Champagne the right and left
flanks of the French, were attacked by effect and that all the Germain aircraft gf
the Germans. in the region between returned safely. The British oiilclal Ligwm has accepwd a commissmn "1
Mont Tetu and Maisons Dechampagne.
the Germans in their trenches but near
to p g
Maisons Dechampagne they succeeded visited. Three men four women an_d
in occupying a small section oi' al ilve children were 'killed by bombs Week ond with his 1-"muy Mm'
French trench.
In Argonne the French blew up near
ERDU r
n. naval depot, was bombarded with
says that Yorkshire, Lincolnshire
Norfolk, Essex and Kent Counties were
da-opped and thirty-three others inJur_
c
Sensations Multiply in the
Saskatchewan Bribery
Investigation. ‘
' _
in the morning with the evidence of
one witness before the investigating
committees that Premier Scott had ns-
ked him to destroy a copy of a letter
he had written after the Premier him-
self had destroyed the original, the day
at the legislature was replete with sen-
sations.
Late in the afternoon warrants were
issued for the arrest of three mem- -
bers oi‘ the legislature and an official
a 1.l|Ȣ-_ral whip. The members for ln
whose arrest warrants were sworn. out H
sou, Battleford; and E. H. Cnwtfhorpe, in
Bigger. now lil in a Saskatoon hospital
for the govemment. at
suited in the arrest of nine men and in
known.
lan of forcln an earl roro ation, of
only evening sittings. Members of the
government had stated privately thot
the prorogatlon would be taken by
Wednesday, but last night in the house
the Hon. J. A. Calder, acting premier
said that the house would sit Just as
long as the committee of investigations
luteu. He earned that prorosation
had ever beeirconsldered. 1
comme avmrrs
1 '_ ausousonanms.
f HUETIN G81' ET(
column.
Hial-
C;Eer‘| Bdolt
liao-Matti.
of the government who was formerly Commons today talked prohibition
were H. C. Pierce, Wadona; S. S. Simp- the resolution, which had been stand-
B
G
A warrant was also is ued for Gerhard tion. it became apparent early ln' the
Ens, formerly M. L. K., for Rosthern. discussion that. the House could not
and now inspector of public buildings finish consideration oi' the resolution
p 8 Y D 8 - 8 ‘I -
and instead will keep the Legislature revealed a wide divergence of opinion,
in session, marking time and holding in the expression of which party lines
.,        "IIE WEATHER,
& Flllflfl W""’ Psolllslnon olscussfo
» TORONTO, March 7.- Maritime:
Strong wind-s and gales, cast. and soutl
with snow turning in somo localities
to
l-~- '
  .......  Arguments lor and Against Ur ed b liberals and
Conservatives. No Party Lines Drawn on Question g,
Discussion will be Continued. _
- ‘ _."
(From our Own Correspondent.)
OTTAWA, March 6.-The House of
it failed to conclude the debate. Mr
.,-H. Stevens of Vancouver moved
you the order paper in his name.
lling for federal prohibltory legisla-
one holding. particularly as the
The Bradshaw charges have now rn- debate was widened at the outset to *is
clude the motion of Mr J. J-. Hughes
the issuance of warrants for three, of Prince Edward island that the early legislation by the Dominion pro-
who have left the nity for parts un- British North American Act be amend- ilibiting the importation of liquor into
` ' od to cmpowcr the provinces to pro-
'1'l|e.govornlueut has abandoned the hlbit the importation and manufacture'
intoxicatin li uor The discussion
disappeared. Supporters and oppon-
ents of the resolution were found on
both sides of the House. Mr Stevens
spoke forcefully in - support of his
resglution. advancing what have some
to well known arguments in “your
of prohibition, while the Hon. Char ss
Meroil, the seconder ofthe resolution,
proclaimed hlmselfa 'convert anxious.
< l
.
were “ wet.” The provincial govem-
%£~mr:: - 'zz-l‘:vv:: ‘_-fr::: 21': ‘ ‘ 2* *rr-"J:-‘ r -‘~
Y
to redeem n vote cast in 1898.
Mr C. J. Thornton of Durham and
Mr Wm. Wright of Muskoka also sup-
ported the resolution. On tho other
side were Mr W. G. Weychei of North
Waterloo nlld Mr L. J. Gauthier of St
I-lyaclnthe. who argued that prohibi-
tion was an interference with individ-
ual liberty and an' attempt to make
men good by law. The debate wus
adjourned. at midnight.
When it is resumed there will bc. it
understood. an amendment by Mr
R. B. Bennet of Calgary proposing an
provinces whch have already adopted
prohibltory legislation to the limit of
their constitutional powers. An
amendment of this nature will prob-
ably be accepted.
-Mr Stevens ln reviewing the liquor
situation in Canada to-day said On-
ilerio was two-thirds dry, 572 muni-
cipalities being so classed, while 279
lg_9,pi,'f_°f Ontario. however, had now
introduced a measure of total prohibi-
tion. Quebec was three-fourthl dry.
906 municipalities being without liquor
~_- ,-,- -_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~.-_- - -_-_~ ~ 1;-::::: A.-_-:l\h.‘::_~'1 ‘_ - ~ -: - '~::.' -_-: ~:: -: zz- - 1-:_-:.-_-. :_~:_-_-_- _~:;.- ~ ~» ‘
licenses, as compared with 237 where 2
Quebec, however. was, according to
the statement of its Premier, also
working toward prohibition. in New
Brunswick 80 per cent. of the popula-
tion were dry eleven counties were b
under the Canada Temperance Act, D
while seven were still wet. in Nova
Scotia there were eighteen dry coun- I
ties and only one where liquor was
sold. Halifax, and that would noon be
dry too. Prince Edward Island was
the only "allgwhlte" province in the
Dominion. in Manitoba 87 munlci~
pallties were dry and 71 wet and pm-
vinclal prohibition would be voted on
in the province this weak. -Saskatch-
ewan was practically under prohibi-
tion. liquor being sold only in some 20
government shops. These shops were '
also. gradually being voted out. Al-
berta had gone dry. The British
Columbia provincial government had
introduced a law for provincial prohi-
bition. From the Atlantic to the Paci-
fic, in fact; every Canadian province
had- taken some steps towards the in-
troduction of. prohibition, ssld‘ Mr
Stevens.
sank was moi-ljr eropklploj uonwcoum on -ms stack-ale? A_oowNmoH'r uc.
ALLOWID T0 UAH.
coal
fo
,_ , SAYS A SUMMER,
_ radscron
Bleaitney. of
the following
Brown. of the
anewer to a
of socks.
Quiet Calm and Confidence is the Altitude in Paris B
'At the former point French fire kept Rutland Huntingdon., Cambridgeshire command of Col' Joh" staunem' '
fair and cold.
The highest temperature recorded
Y
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re
lit
be
_Thursday at 3.05.
No
fro
bat
_ ' _ Ger
"""""""""" "" """""""""""'°""' """'"'""""""""""F" """` (special to the Guardian.) |vlolent bombardment all the morning fCourtcs Chausses a German post with R
PARI9 March 6-The French con between Bethancotu-t and Meuse, the a mine and ca tured u. ortlon of n 5°”
» , t. . . -' D n
I   tinue to be absorbed in the situation Germans launched a strong attack crater near Haute Chavauchee, The me
" l around _V`erdun. The anxiety and against Forgss. situated on our ad- Germans sprang two mines later and __
doubts of the first day’a fighting have vanced lines. in the course ofa very entered the French trenches at sever- "
1-- . y gg y _ d tak- al points counter attacks drove them
_ ildence in the strength of General ing possession ofthe village.. Several and the French also occupied a por- I
' _ .. . ~ _ l”ataln's` preparedness either for de- attempts to debouch on Cole de L‘0ie tion of the mine crater. | | | _
fence or for a quick striking offensive. were checked by our counter-attacks. Except for infantry attacks at For- =
| t th G di _ _ y 9 ¢ rg, °,,d,,,¢_ The ,conviction regarding Verdun ls, which drove the enemy back into ges the guns on both sides in the Ver-
L0N(g5?g .butch %__l<:;;,e:|?ef. mom 0(T»;~‘:`";V?\u,rMa`:~'(',‘h ¢;?f._MPth¢, “paging that though the Germans may persist VForges. East of the Meuse there has dun region has been doing all the
than three 'Zeppelins took part in the of the House today M;-_ J, J, Hughes, in their offensive their power and been intermittent artillery attacks. work.
raid on England is still unknown. Un- of Prince Edward Island said he had strength have been weakened and they' f (SPGGIN 11° 01° Gvsrdlavti T0 the southwest of Metz. near Pont-
omchl reports relate that two of the received a telegram to the effect ' that _can not now hope to succeed against LONDON. March 6.-Further advan- A-Mousson, French artillery has heavi-
dmzlbles were- Been passing over L|n_ the steamer prime ‘Edward Island troops which have stood them off so ces by the Germans in the Verdun re- ly damaged German positions. Rus- A
colushire from inland toward the 'wag unable to maintain winter commu- 10115 ' %€,‘;“t““d ?`h“g1P“5“§1 ‘iff wld °fl1? ‘1 giants' ‘iuiiert ‘il°"e" gf me ‘gre °f their the well known wholesale grocery iirn.
caan They dropped bombs, but it is: nicatmn between mctoug and Quay. -li- _ B em F8. 'Ce 0 C8. Commit Ca- 66.11 as ave een a e to make of
believed they did little damage. lt lottetown and asking that me agen. (Special to the Guardian.) tion which however also records suc- a landing on the Black Sea coast, to ed
’ ' ceases in lrepelling a. German attempt the east of Treblzoud. captured the tel.
to debanc further from the captured towns of Atina and Maprava. anddriv- N S,
position, driving the Teutons out of the ing off the Turks who opposed thorn. c,.‘l),‘|'il,,,1°°t|'1]§,g.{is1m)l1|.':_?8'i)rr? '}zWnb°?:_l;fn;§
trench they had taken and hammering two ofllcers and 280 men were made mimars, man 'havin MH the ra k 
with the big guns the German brganlza. prisoners and two guns and a quantity U B K ‘ ‘ n L
` n
esterday was 19 degrees above zero
t
nd tomorrow at 5.57; it rises tomor-
liquor was sold. The province of 633
r _g ' .ss .r-'~-
AVAL tENGAGEAlE]lTi L
HOURLY EXPEGTED
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ritish, Russians and Germans Show
Great Activity in North Sea.   Ger-
mans Preparing to Venltue out.
(Special to the Guardian.)
' The general opinion in Scandinavia
is that Russia and Britain will inter-
ONDON. March 6.-Vague but pcr-[cept German snilings to Sweden as
ent rumours have been circulated soon as thc ice has melted. The ict-
e for several days regarding the has already partly broken up and this
rth Sea zone. Desputches received renders it cnsy for forcing. Naval
in Scandinavia also indicate that a experts have privately expressed the
tie between British, Russian and opinion for several days that the Ger-
man worships is not far distant. t mans are preparing lo venture out and
ussian torpedo boats are reported that important events are pending.
n oi! Oxelsnnd, also in the Baltic to Whether British oiilcials believe this
south of Stockholm. 'there is no way of knowing.
UUAHIEHMASHH 219 i
(Special no the Guardian.)
MHERST, March 6.-The head 01
Morrison Limited has been appoint
and accepted the position of Quar
Master of the 219th Battalion of,the
62nd Battalion St. John N. B., ant.
0 having served in the South Afri
War. his large business experience
the retail business as comnlercia
vellel' throughout the nlaritlmt
lness fully fits him for the positior
the convalescent hospital, England
R; K. Smith, who recently qualifier
a Captaincy in thc Royal Military
ut of the 193rd Battalion unde
Mr. E. N. Rhodes M. P., will returr
Ottawa tomorrow after s endin lllt
'l‘EMI"_ERA'I"URE,
TIDE. MOON. ET(
(Special to the Guardian.)
rain.
THE WEATHER Yesterday was
nine o’clock yesterday morning it
gistered 13 above; at nine last night
above. The coldest the previous
ght was 9 above.
Tile tide will be high this afternoon
12.52 and tomorrow at 1.22; it wil'
high tomorrow morning. at 1.34 and
The sun sets this afternoon at 5.56
w morning at 6.25 and Thursday ni
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been replaced by quiet calm and con livel stru le the succeeds in
A THE Iillllll Hlllllll
Lieui.-Col. Peake. who returned to
Jbarlottetown Friday, expects to rc
:eive the command of a second Brig
ide of Siege Artillery, consisting of
.bree batteries. one from Prince Ed-
vard Island. one from New Brunswick
gud Nova Scotia, and one from Que
cc.
Col. Peake went ovor to England in
:onnnand of the Second Siege Battery
n November. having been preceded by
lieut.-Col. Cole, in command of thc
First Siege l”lattcry. On arriving at
_Horsham these two batteries were re-
xamcd the 98th and 97th respectively.
_nd subsequently the authorities dc-
:ided to add the 96th Battery and form
1 brigade. Both (lol. Peake and Col.
Zola were applicants for the command
L' the new brigade, Col. Peake being
enior, so far as active Militia service
vas concerned, (_"0|. Cole having been
'ourteen years on thc Reserve. The
luthorltics decided, however. that it
was not seniority in the Canadian
Militia that counted. but seniority in
_he overseas forces, ami Col. Cole.
iavlng ilvc days’ seniority ln the Ex-
>edltiouary Force, was entitled to pre-
fernlcnl. Col. Peake consequently rc-
lignnd in his favour and returned to
Canada, whcrc, as stated, he will prob-
ably in the ncar future receive the
:ommund of a. new brigade.
Col. Pcnko speaks in thc highest
terms of thc work bciug done by tba
Prince ldtlwurd island battery at Hor-
sham. Till- olllcere und men have
worked exceedingly hard in gaining
lil‘0fl0l0ll<1y and nro now considered
he best siege battery in England. A
gronl dcul of practical work had been
:url-led out under. the inspection of thc
Con1nmndun|_ or the Siege School :ll
Lydd and other officers who had been
al. the front. The work carried out
was exactly what the battery would
ie expected to do in France or Bel-
gium and both ofilccrs and men re-
‘eived _the highest praise from the
'inspecting oihcors. All thc island
afiiccrs. including Col. Peake, Major
"rowsc. Capt. Temple MacDonald.
'.leuts. Stems. Ritchie and Hooper.
had undergone instruction and passed
`llghly satisfactory examinations ln
‘he Siege Scllool. where all the
N_C.O.'s were similarly successful in
their instruction and c
The moon acts tonight at 10.35.
There was a new moon on Frltiay.
March 3rd at 11.68 p. m.
The first quarter of the moon will
e on Saturday, March 11th, at 2.33
m.
The length oi' today will he eleven'
tours and lwenty~nino minutes.
_ __ xamlnntlons.
Evcryolle in thc battery was sorry nl
the departure of Col Pcakc. but hoped
l.o see him back again in charge of n
brigade in time for the autumn move
ments nt tho i'ronl.
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