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0ne of (The most liaioyabie Aiiairs oi the
liind Ever held in
dict oi 'lhrollg Who Attended.
A striking elcanlple of what a gala-| boyisll voices blending very harmo-
xy of talent is to be fouiul among the nlously.
young .people of Charlottetown. was afforded last evening, whell the pup`lls of thc City Schools combined forces and put on one oi the very best en- tertainments ileld he-rc for some time. -
The Prince of Wales (It-liege Hall,
where the pupils held tileir delight- ful flower show dllrlitg the afternoon for patriotic purposes, was the place of entertainment and on few occa- sions, if ever. has lt bigger audience been found there-lu. it was simply packed and scores had to be content in stand during the rendition of the lengthy programme.
Mr. Henry -Smith. of tile (tiny School
lloard presided, and the at-colllpa~ pists were Miss li. Smith, Prof. Hinton and others. ‘
The programme opened with a
choice selection by the excellent on chestra of Grace (lilurcil.` which was very mllch appreciated. the music being very sweet and tunelui,
The next number was ll cilorlls by
ibn best -singers of nil the schools "England, My England," all the voi- ces blending tleliglltiilily.
Master Bruce Pigc-it followed with
all anlilsingrccltatioii showing how slang has invaded tile ccntnlon lan- guage' of today, while little Miss Della. Walsh in her solo. "Bubble, llllbbic." sang with voice child-like and trllc.
‘fblttle Mothers," was the title of a
very pretty drill by the cllildrell c-f t.he primary class of Prince Street School. The little ones ill their snow-white dresses, each carrying a' doll looked ver_v charming as tllcyi went through their drill under the rays of the spot-light. A nicely ren- dered solo by Miss Jean Essory con-
SGHUUL PUPILS
the City Was the Ver--
I Very enjoyable indeed was the bu- 'nlorous reading by Miss ,Vera Peake. wllo recounted lil all inimitable mall- ner tlie mlsadventures of a greeti- lland on board ship.
Master Ali’red Doucette, in khaki;
sang ill lille voice that spriglitly mill- tary song “Cheer up Molly," and was warlllly applaudetl.
The older boys ol West Kent gave
ll line exhibition of dumb-bell work. going through an intricate drill in a , manner tllat could hardly be improved upon. I A patriotic recitation by Master Ai- fred iiiclfearlley was given ill ca-pitai I style and was followed by another ab- ly rellderell cllorus. “Kiliaruey"»wllicll brought to ll. close' thevurst half of the ‘ progralnnle. the interval being taken up with tl. sale of candy.
Grace (.‘.llul'ch Orcllestru again dc-
lighted tile audience and the next number wus llnf.-tller splendid chorus-` “The Golden Vanity." Miss Sadie Hen- ry gave a very pleasing recitation and then calne zlllotilcr solo,-this time by Mltstcl' i.eigll Iliilgwell who sam; wcii.
ily way ol' variety iiilsscs ('ollsLal1t‘.p
1\fcl<`arlanc und Elsie liifiin delighted all by their admirable execution of the Saiior's iiornpipe. Alla-ther very pleasing reading was given by gigs Marjorie ilozr and nnotllel' quar- tette. this time by pupils oi` West Kent who sung in fine voice. Pupils from itocilford Slluare School provi- ded il very pretty r.liol'us. "Our Is- land Iiolne." Thell came one oi' Rev. i\ir. Littiejoilns admirable vio~ lin solos ir/lowed by ll song frolll Mae- ter Laurier l\icMilian \vllo has tt good voice. A nlaguiiicellt chorus “Brit tania" by the_pupiIs of Prince' Street Scllooi received a great, ovation and
eluded this enjoyable number.
A decidedly fine rendering ot;
“lIome. Sweet Home" as a quartettc; by four lads ,from Queen Squllre School brought hearty applause, tllelri
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ROME March 2- Violent artillery dsltting east of Goriza. is report d by' the War Oiilce today. There was con- :.-idorable artillery action yesterday. says the statement. it was especially violent in the area east of Goriza. Our batteries replied vigorously. In the evening one of our d`etachmen‘ts suddenily ntided enemy lines
them. Engny aeroplanes dropped bombs on Gorizlt and in Vallonc, No damage was done. Our airplanes suc- cessfully bombarded encnly’s lilies' of communication.
lfilllrll Llnimon! corn onus! in cowl
RAIRWAY ACCIDENT e
Ai MIINIIIRN
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(8pooll‘l to The Guardian.)
MONCTON. March 2- A serious
accident occurred today in the illiter- coioaiai yard here when Robert Whitd. lirakemau, was severely jam- llled and injured when the lloppet on which he was riding jumped relief and -crushed him against it freight f'-Hi". standing on the siding.
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Tivoli and destroyed a small part of
tlleu came the Natil.-:lal AnthonlI which brought to a conclusion a con- cert which was highly creditable to all who took port or assisted in any lnanncr.
REEERENIIUM WANTED( e ERR PRIIHIBIIIUN
(Special to The Guardian.)
\V|NNlP'EG, March 2-Temperance
leaders announce that a meeting ot` the Dominion Prohibition Committee will be ileld ill Toronto, March 8th. to decide on procedure for de'tel'min- ed effort to secure Dominion wide pro- hibition. We'stern` prohibition ' advo- cates are said to believe that prohi- bition should be preceeded by refer- endunt
sPi|i_lili u. s.
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(special to 'rite ollmillm.)
PARIS. iiillrclt 2- A despatch to
the Herald t'roln Madrid. says it is stated in diplomatic circles in Spain
that James W. Gerard. i`ormor Am
ericall Allibassatlor, at Berlin, who is llow on his way to tile United States carried with him lt message from
King Alfonso to President Wilson.
(special to The cu§raian.l
LONDON, Marcll 2- Wireless dos-
patch received from the Spanish steamer Illfantu li-label. on which James \V. Gerard. former American Ambassador to Gclmany, and his par- t_v are passengers, says: "F‘inlsterrc. 8.30 p. m.. Wednesday, passed Ger- man' danger zone without incident
available.
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la ell in the Senate toda bv ob ec
(Special to The Guardian.) | lnade to substituto't'or armed neutra
NEW YORK, March 2- A Herald llty bill which last night passed the
despatch front Washington says: House. The Senate bill, .which roll- "Coutinuing the exposure of Gemma' fers oil President Wilsou's autllol'it_v intrigues in United States to foment- to use “other illstlulnentailties' ill nfl- wariare and' ombroil [ini-ted StatesI ditioil to llrlniug merchant ships.
with foreign governments. The Her-I i
aid received information from official (SpeciiI to The Guardian.) sources today of revoluntary plots WASPIINGTON, March 2- The bill and expeditions attempted by German authorizing President Wilson to llrnl officials anti agents' in this collntly ships and providing a bond issue of against india. The British Govern- $100,000,000 passed by the Iiouse late ment has execlitell the death sentence last night by li vote of 403 to 13. after against, at 'lea.st_ ten of conspirators ten hours of enthusiastic debate was from the linited States. ill the Se'uate’s hands- and action was
ill other instances would be int'ot'nl- expected late today or night. The
ers of authorities in this country Senate in response to its i'm'll\al ill- huve been lllysterlousiy murdered just ouiry had I’l'esidellt Wilson`=. ofiicial at, the time their testimony seemed assurance that the version of Gernlall
-Foreign. Minister 7.iulnlernlunns
posing plot .ls levealed lestmlinv in
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WASHINGTON. March 2 The the Associllted i’i'U-art was ulltheiltil-.1
next move ill progralmnle ol' putting The President disclosed that tile' cnnl»| llnlteii States ill state oi’ armed ucll-imunlcli-tion cltlnc into the pc=sessiolii tiallty to deal- with Gel'nllln_v was de- oi` the (low-l'tllllellt this week. but veil-I
titled thc ll lllioll that it was “intent
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tions of some members based on ox-, patible with publir llltcrest io give igencies ot ,parliamentary ,situiitihnl the Senate i'ul'tllcr details' l~ol\<'ci'rlIl1i§ lllltii evening, Then an effort will be it at present tilue.
0\VSI_ - "Ali thc Directors for Canada wcl'c
present -at the (`oni`e'rence at Ottawa. wilicll lasted three days. Many mat- ters of interest and importance were
considered. and in contiuurétiy: Zitb ( _ _ _ _ the dii’l`erent Deparlnlen s Q e ‘ov-; _ ~' v ' , ‘ _. , , »., .
, gram yesterday announcini., ibut hot rlal warning viiil br given to any
ernmen-ta program of very y~idebr'al;lgZl THE MILITIA ACT. husband’ Prlmte John AA McLeod or boats by guhnmrlnm gigs,-gnapped out for attemon ) I IE \ resolution was passed urging the the Thirwemh Bnuulmn' had been I
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"A s eciall ratlfving feature 0l"(.toverllltlclit. t cc/nsider the advisa- Wmmded in 'the rg L T mum r
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Y lend, ,es ,me bm, of makg, n. V_ vate Mcaeca left here wltll the lostn
National Service cards. This is par- ticularly true of our C-wn province. where over ninety per ccnt Of all cards were returned, while for the wllole of Canada nearly eighty per cent came- in. Quite at nulnber of thc-se \vlio did not respoild to the first call were under some form of mis- apprehension with regard to the na- tiil'e or purpose of the inventory. and consequently refused or neglected to make the return; while in other cases the lack of a complete, organization was responsible for the failure. Hav- ing in mind all these considerations the beard deemed it advisable to ex- tend -the time for making the return to March 31st, by which time it is hoped to have the enrollment com- plete. 'l`he question of imposing pen alties in order to compel those in arrears in respond was discussed. but most of the directc-rs felt that as all misunderstandings regarding the
weather lleiighti`ui." Tile despatch cards are now removed 3 fupmgr ap.
was sent by The Daily Mail's corros-
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VALl_)E OF THE MOVEMENT.
“The value of the inventory is al-
ready quite apparent at Ottawa. For some time there has been a scarcity of highly skilled workmen in various lines, such ah machinists, tool makers. mill wrights. locomotive engineers, etc. National Service has discovered several hundred such melt retired or engaged in other pursuits who have
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their cards. An idea of the import- ance of this will he gathered from the fact that the munltioris board were scouring the United States for train- ed mechanics in these linen. and were unable to secure them at any price.
"ln addition to the task of com-
pleting the National Service invent- ory. the board iii charged with the duty cf making an occupational sur- vey. Forms will be sent to all employ- ers in grder to ascertain their present needs. and also to obtain an estimate of their capacity to employ returned soldiers after the war. One of its
,important objects will he to supply
any labour deficiency that may bc
‘found io exist during the way- in any
of the essential industries.
THRIFT. ECONOMY. PRODUCTION.
"A conference was held with Sir
Thomas Willie, -Minister of Finance,
and i-ion. Marlin Bllrre-li. Minister of
eolmtohlil * for-'thto-»amr tbl wif- UNM-I 'A"_:`°' °"' *M* .W '”*Agricnlture. and in cooD0r|"tlon with
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NATIONAL SERVICE I
What lias Been and What Willlic Done. hi- , ierview With iiolll -John iii Macdonald, liirs ector for the Province.
A representative of the Guartiian iludithelr riepartinellts the board agreed to an interesting interview with lion. assist in the campaign for "Thrift John A. Macdonald, Director ot' NH' EC0n0mi'. and l’roductioii." and in tional Service-. on the recent confer- ence of the Directors at Ottawa and as possible the purchase of wa.r loan the work which the Directors have iii certificates. Not olli are these a cup- view. l\'ir. Macdonald spoke as fol-
tllis connection to encourage as far
itai iilxesimellt. blitsaityolle wilo pro duces and saves for this purpose is doubly serving his cc-untry, by helping to maintain the necessary supplies for carrying oil the war. and at the same time' putting money i'iito the treasllry for war purposes. '
Y g e ectivc the provls
ions of the Canadian Militia Act Yi/'bile National Service is not specl
now being held for defensive purposes here.
"The Directors froln Western Canada
to Lanlula. This work will of course
formation hearing on the class of work they are best titled to under- take. When tnhl information is secur- ed and classified the necessary or- ganization will be created to provide snimbie occupations for the men as they are returned and demc-bolizcd. 'l’lie~mllgnitude of this work can llcdre-I ely be conceived at the present time.
NATIONAL SERVICE LEAGUE. "\
"it was decided that each director
should at once undertake the duty of organising his district. no that ilis, National Service 'board may at nil times he in cilnstoueh with ioctl
German Minister llt Mexico City. pro-
thcn Their Line
according to a statement by General Frederick B. Maurice. director oi military operations i'ol' the imperial staff. lil an interview given to the As- sociated Press. indications of what has been asserted. raid Ge'nel'-al Maurice, is that, the Germans are
' withdrawing at some places along the
front because ot' a desire to force open fighting. This movement is forced upon them. They do not like il. any more than wc did when. after (tile second battle of Ypres, we had 'to retire, tl short distance to straight- en our lilies. You may be sure no army likes to letire. and therefore it is- certain that the Germans' will make ll tietcrnlined effort to restore their lost position. We are now merely gathering the ilult of oul' winter op- erations, result o't’ which is that from Arms to An‘ere a salient decidedly dangerolls lo Gerlllull positions has been rstnbilshf.-d.
M -iigilltci suis
(Special tc The Guardiian.)
i’lTTSl§(‘itG, Pa.. l\l:ll‘r~b 2-- The
lolloro ldichoix. ll young ellgiucol' and itl'cllit.c‘ct of thi city. Illia iuveiltsd a \\'il‘lc'1~"s liovice that may bc iisod to llcsll‘o_r siiilmurilles by calls-lllg explo- sloll nf gases that arc lliwllys present ill silbitlcrgibles. I-‘nr se-vf~l'al yellrn. titer inventor was rollneclcd with ,the ilnitcd States- corps oi' engineers.
‘.\ll'. Eirllolz stated that lt few day-al Iago a small experimental apparatus-, in his home on .\’evilic_ Island sunk a smalll dummy sublnarine _in the riv-N el' live miles llwuy. The destroyed model was hliiit of siccl and had been submerged i;o"a depth or ten feet. All submarines while. under water are
teries. which throw oil' gas that per-
paratlls will be submitted to the Gov- crnilietl; at once, `
THREE MEMBERS
IIE IiI5TH WRUNIIEII
Mrs. John A. .\icLeod. Upper
iiill=bol'ollgll Street received 1 'tele-
Battnlion and was one oi the lnen t cross t Franco with the tllst draft
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. , . ' ` ` ' from that re' inient. being drafted into
;t}|‘::rfd,_h“tnh Iisponslbnml for the ThirtecnEEh. lic is a son-in-law oi
I ', " h 5 “ 8°" “X "mg fire" ill-_ aodel-lcll Mathews. of the inn. -- ,
'V n C mga of the mmtm' depmtmem I ll Charlottetown and belongs to (5P¢°I5 |'° Th° G“a"d'i-"~l -it is their duty to assist recruiting *ii h"Bank ‘ M0NCT0N_ March 3_ (gommenc. °'mc9"" E" “wry P°*‘5IbIe Way- The g ` ¢ fl fl ing on Monday March Sth. Ocean Linl- camng “P "E ‘my *"`mY E0’ ‘mme dc" A 1 1 3 has beg, received stat- itcd between Moncton and Molitrcal
fence undel a Militia Act would not eegr In _, I -. ` m b .nhd d ` m | | on, b a nrecauuonm te f th ing that Prlvatc James Mcilcoo was W c vi rawn an so e oca
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protection of can d _ K! _ ld al 4 admitted to the Hospital wounded in train e se\ ere
left shoulder and arm. also that Plc.
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re ease a large number of men volun- -
_ _ ' Peter Henlllgan was shot in the arm
tcerell for overseas selvice. who ure and mg These boym who wem over
with tht 105th last year, were trans
ferred to the 1-ith Battalion. Friili d . Fist Division. Private c ,ect `
SHORTAGE IN THE WEST' Ts ‘El grlllndsoll of Mr. Samuel McLeod
of Murlav Ht1i'b0\‘~
urged upoll the board the necessity (,nM.S which wwe to have ‘.(,m,, up for of providing addmonal mrm labor for MlMrd'l Llnlmlllt eltrol Dilllmlor. trial were settled atthciast llloniolil. their Ee"""°"»"- Owing i° h95\'.\' eil' ` The case Beck liros. vs. finrllcs. All Iiilimeili they estimate a shortage of appeal f,-nm the County tgnnrl was cali- 15-000 me" T0” Sewing Unerations this ed, but owing to thc fact tilllt the Sl"”'"Ff- "°““"‘i“e“l‘v “ii WOW who Serviw' Leasiies are tc- be formed iii complete l~r.corli ni' ull-. illllglmllll and Call do so are naked to volunteer for all sections nf the country. These up me pap;-rs ¢0nnn¢~l»».d with the mat- service to the state by assisting to leagues will cnnlprlse botll men and tl-r limi ,mt been sent in. ilis ilordsliip increase foc-ll prodilntloll in Canada. women wllo are anxious to be oi' Sei* i\ir. .lllstice llasznlvi deferred the cast- In doing this it is recognized that vice in this great crisis. and whose co- liii tile .iuiyterm of thccnlut in i{lng’.~' their i\1\D0ri-1llli‘-°‘- IB Second only to operation will greatly assist in male- (‘onnty. Ml'. ll. A. McKinnon l'cD1'<‘-fil‘“' fhiii Of the =~i0Ifii€I‘ Ht the front. ing effective the work of tho national tcd appellant Dr. Barnes. while l\il'.
service board .
A_F'rEa THE wArt. ` eovenuon-cENsnAl. Ano Pham. lite I-curl was lidioiirncd "iii" iii"-
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was u y scusse . and e ar “At the request of ills I-lx-celie c 7
has undertaken to formulate plans the directors had on opportunity of q`EMPERATl n,E’ _ for the absorption of our overseas meeting the Governor General. And TIDE, M005, E/1 C. forces into civil life on their return each in turn had a few minutes con- _-..~..
versation with him. 'i`lIev also inet
be carried on in conjunction with the Prime .iiiinlsterat a dinner lli the l , - :i~--Weslcri\' existing organizations such as the Pro I Rideau Club where they were tim “arm ` vqincial Returned Soldiers Commits- guests of Mr. Bennett. the Dil-eol,or` The highest iempcratllrl- l'ccordl»,l| ions. etc.. and the work of all coor- General. Sir Robert, exprmlsed iiiihl- y.,,¢,,N;-dy wa, 33 degrees ,nm-,-9_ Att
dlnated and sysiemstized to the great- self an well pleased with national If 10 9, m,_ il was le above; _ai fi p. nl. est effect throltgl-l the National Ser- vice work so far. and promised 1 0 1tllbove.The coldest thc llrnvieus vice directors. in this connection il; is lic-ard every assistance in his power nlghl vena 2|; llimvn proposed to obtain by means oi' cards to promote the vm.cinllc_\~ of the or- The this will in-_ high this morning filled out by all soldiers. detailed in~ lzlmtzntion. nr 7.04. tomorrow at 8.08 and Mr.odn_\-
“Many other lnatters were dealt
with. and all directors lofi the
ll. deep sense. r.-i their Their work is dill
and they are mn- oil! »» 3
that collectively In
shall no be fotlil
e severe tests of alilit which lies ahead 61 are impressed 'with _t.N` interest and r~nt.tlll»lMt|i
as it result of Nation I
. and feel that Wat] :imply jlistify the ,Qt -
while in the ilfgr .now laid mil. 5
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THE GERMAN PLOT . ,ENN IIIWRIINIXIYINIVICTORIOUS BRITISH
lliicll succtss ilwislf
'vades the illlll. This gas. ldilrholz .=a_\'s'. he detonutcs by wireless cur- rcnt and destruction follows. The pp- .l'.\RliS. .lialch 2-- Two Gr-l'llla\.
(Special to The Guardian.)
LONDON. March 2- 'l`he 'l`ul'ks are
continuing to retreat before the vic- torious lil'ltis~h on thc Tigris front. Official anouilcemeng was lllallc here today that the re'tl'e:ltillg Turks eg Tuesday evening passed through Azizlyah. 52 miles nortll of Kite-el- Anlurll. More than 7,000 prisollels have been taken since ilere-'nlilc.l'. Stzltelilent issud by offical pcrss bill eau says:
"\\’edlicsllii_\".~'» report ol' otiirer com
nlullding ill lliesopotailllili gives tl\-' t'ollowill'g: Pllrsilit of letreuting cl\
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I INCLUDED INDIA=»;__f;_~;;';,_i;;g;;;;;-2;gm. CLEARING UP TURK
Congress Passed Almost Unani- ‘ ‘In MeS0p0tamia Dfive has
mously, and Senate Informed that <s....»....T............., I Made U16 TUl'IiS R¢¢l'°i\l Leaviilg
Ggrman 'S Mexican Authentic. -lalI“toE>`Il[i)>?blIIieIEIlae;chwEl;eEN;;,IEEE UHANI Prisoners and BOOTY tin Nheil' Handso
y purely military factors are concerned.
Senate will Try to Substitute Pre- sideni’s Bill for Congress Alternative.
only still continues uud the Turks in great confusion passed through Azi- ziyah on the evening oi' Tuesday. Plenrillg of the battlefield is being systcniaticaily carried out but as fresh booty is' being brought ill frolll hour to hour it will be some days be- fore n complete list oi’ our captures can be compiled. Since ifeliruary 23. |approxilnate' flgurefl are: l‘l“isbncrs, 4.300, making a total of over 7.000 since. colulniliencemcm of opei'a.tions last ilecenlber, guns 28. trench mor- tars lil, illuchine guns. ll. H. M. S. l~‘il'eii_\' recllptured, 'i`urki»sll ships il. tugs 2. barges I0. and pontoons 30.
RIISSIANS' ACTIVE ; IIN ALL ERRNIS
(Special to The Guardian.)
PE'l`R()GlfAl). March 2-- The ltus-
sian ofllriul stllteliiclit issllcll iotluy l'cali.~ii
“\\-'cstclll iiilsisuu front .<l»mil.io_'4
l'cconi1ai.~‘<ulit~l-'_-' :ind l'ccipi'ol'al iight ing proceeliiillg. ltoiimllllillll trout ii. region north oi' .iacobcni Kilnpoiilllg high road. iigliting' ccllltlliilcs. Gor- lnnn's lroumor- llitalckoli against lieu, luainian tietalrllluciits which bad lic- clipieli lleigllt tical' the village of Ile ko'/ll uorlil oi' itivcr Czliilllllilll and oil- ligeti tllelil to witlillru.\\'. North ui River Rionik. our scouts ltnnihilllted eilclny ileili posts, copiiiring' 236 pi'i',=- oners and two lllucllitic clips, -
Fullcllsiaii t'l'ollt. [luring the iirillt;
which is' pl'ocl=cdin;.: (.‘oloi.cl N:ll'll:l.\'»‘ ariullu. gallant conlmalulel' or one of our l'a:.filllc-,llis-_ was wotlllliltdf'
raids ocrurriitg simlutuileoinwly last night on iile t'ron1, west .oi Sossiolts, were broken up by Frcllril iirc with losses to Gerlnan War Ofhrc. xlnlloultc- cd today. German trench nellr Vau- quois ill .»\rgonnc was l':lirll.»ri and prisoners taken.
llEiii.ll\'. l\lel'r'h 2- ’i`llc .~\dnllralt_\‘
made the folloivliig :lilnollilllelnent to- dai`:- _
“Oli Mul'l"h lst. expired-iintll period
of grace ailotcli for sailing ships in the Atlantic i~`lom this date no spe
Ycslcl'dn_v was a short dliy at tile
Supreme Court Georgetown Two july
Donald McKinnon of Mcllcan & Nic- Kinnon appeared for the respolident.
at 0.05; it will be high this n.ftl=.l'nor-~n ht 5.60. toniorl'o\\' at 7.07 and Monday ut ii.li .
The sun .mis this afternoon at 6.0T.
tmncl-row at 6.09 and Monday sl 0.10: ll. rises tomorrow morning' at tml. Monday at 6.48 and Tlleedar at 6.47.
Tilt- moon sets tr.-morrow morning
at. -4.46 and Monday nt. .'l.l2.
The first nllliricr of the moon was
on \Vallnrsdd_\~, i-‘elm 28th at ll.44 n. nl. ‘
The moon will be mil on 'Filet-day.
Mlm-.ll sul at 4.sa »p. ln.
The length of today will be elven
hours and thirteen niiinutell ami of io-
AMERICAN SHIPPING
ANR MANS
(Special to The Guardian.)
.\’l-JW YORK. Itiurch 2-» To reme-
dy ill ll illuzlsiliv- pl'l=se.l_ll rhuotir' colllli- lioll of nlali ~<»>l'vicc between the i'nitcd States ullfi Europe, the mer- cllanis' a»'»=or~ilttion of New York has sllirgcstcd to tile' i’o<ilnustel‘ General that i'r»rr-ian mail he 1'ol-wanted in unit- duly l'<-gistl-ren so that the sender may know in what unit his' letter' has been placed; und if rho uni; i','~ lost will bc Certuihi u< lo the into ot' his lmaii. -
(Special to The Guardian.)
i`I()l’l*)!\’lil\Gi'<1.\I. March 2-- Atncri-'
l-aus who have rcarlled Uoponliagcll say thui the Gerlllail l-.lidt-il' Is~'i"ll1.~- lime. comlilllnded by l.i»»,llt. Berg.
SWISS'
ERIIM EMRARIIII
(Special to 'The Guirdiari.)
lil-Z‘ll,.\.'FI. March '.’-- Great liriutiivs
bull on importu-tions is expected to
at’i'ccg very seriously Swiss lace ill- rluf=try_ l.;lrgc nulrlhr-rs' of manufac- turers nl St. Gall announce suspen-
sion ni' operations on great dlmlmi-
tioll of nniptlts. Many employees have been s.ei'vcrl with it-gal notice ol dis' chal'p:e.
-..:l-IK
EISH ANR RAME
PRIITECTIIIN MEEIINR
Matters of importance Discussed
ut Meeting of the, P.E._i, Fish and (lame Association.
A largely attended meeting of tile
l-`i.~lil and Game Association was held in the City lluil last night. Prcsitlcllt Morrison in the Chair.
Several cases of illegal fishing ot
irollt were reported, particllinra or which were handed the Associations Attorlle_\- with lilstructions to prose- cute. fteports that pump guns are being used will also be investigated.
The mattel of taking of large quail-
tities of smelts fronl the creeks. dur- ing the spawning season. to be uscd as fertilizer was discussed by Iilcs- srs. .l. O. liyndlnlin, Jas. Paton. lsaal- (fartor, and .i. E. Bell. This matter will he brou_g_lli to the attention of the pronel' niithorities.
A committee consisting of Messits.
.i. .-\. .\icl.aren. J. S. Morris and A. W. liyndlnlln was named to make arran-
gcnlcnls for thc lnppr.-intlnent of nil inspector,
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cownmzsnn ans. ' 'roo LATE Fon ,
oLsss1rIoA'rloN
wAN'rsl:»- Two oillts Folr'Kl'r»
rilcn. Apply in Revere liotel.'
_ _ 4549-2-Smit.
slunsoms ifliiidlo -HIDE
fresh every day from “llotod young pork. Saunders, Nowliml t Co.. Market Building. I Loaf-_ riirifo ‘iso `coN"rililNll
money. between Market I-Iwo)-and l~:. il. iull<~i1;ltchern°s siloesiore. Finrier please leave at ill ter iitreet.. Reward. 4036-ii-3 lpd »llls=i“wIarie=ao‘irr“ .
good werkman. Pay $14.00 por sell. stellar lot. Adel-ent will oitimn Bolt M3 Newcastle ,N. _lt_
wcll-s-:liillipa _A ron'lsl\l.s A1' A`“i`KnoAin fm?-
et-toitru-ph ciegk writer -( ost
newi. also a new lilra Ch _'pro-
trctor. Apply lil, Guardian % _. ._. _» _Ml
wli.|.. ru: l,Aov who ob? We
alleles for the left. fmt at clip' Ar~
morrow eleven hotirli an hi ct*
conditions. For this purpose National
hope io llcoonacill `
of the nail '
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ti , xl at
minutes. {
nllnnrs tl»lmqli.o¢M W,
can Thiihdnv. tmrtlm' ' lui.. plane sail at ills-esmttilig--eég.
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