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WASHINGTON, v Merch 2.'-Out of

the dsy.'s developments in President Wi|sou's fight with Congress, crowded

Senator... ,Resolution lo. Warn * Amfflfiidg liill y

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iii WASHINGTON)SENATE

io Sail onjleilliger-; not Receive More

‘oriug denunciation of the president’s opponents.

The Senate) adjourned at 2 a.m.

when the admintstration's leaders plan

to the utmost with elements serlsatiomlto bring up Goro's resolution and

sl anddramatic; -thc Administration forces in the -Senate tonight emerged with pledges of enough" votes to kill once and for all Senator Gore's resolu- tion towarn Americans off ,armed ships of European belligerents and de- monstrated that Congress stands be- hind theprealdent in his negotiations with Germany. Action in the Senate it is believed, will be followed prompt- l_v by stifling _the sentiment in the llouse against the president'g foreign policy.

ln one of the greatest non-partisan

debates seen in years, Chairman Stone of the Foreign Relations Committee, declared ho was not in accord with the President. Senator Lodge, a rank Republican. pledged his support to the presldent’s determination tosecure for Americans their rights on the high seas. Senator John Sharp Williams,

able it, disposing cf it finally as an

is conduct of diplomatic negotiations-

more than 23 votes can be mustered against them. in_the House where the President was faced with further de- lay. the promise of an administration victory in the Senate gave signs of breaking up opposition and the leaders are confident tonight of similar action there. \Vhlle the Senate debated .came news to the State Department from Berlin which convinced officials that the dissenslon in Congress is being used deliberately to weaken the Pre~ sident's hand in Germany. Confiden-

come from Washington, declared that Congress stood 5 to 1 against the Pre- sident. Qp \_

just from a sick bed, delivered a with-`

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The .third duartcrly meeting of tho

Charlottetown District oi tho _Method-

ist Chtirch convened in the Hearts iiiolllor al Hall at 2.30 on Wednesday afternoon. March lst. Rev. J. il. lJawson.~ll. A., chairman of tho Dis-

trict rpreeided. ‘There were also pre- sent e.v_s.- lt. G. Fulton, F. W2. Saw- aon, 1-turn Miner, H. A. Brown, J. L. Lund, ‘F'. ll. Littlejohns-and J.A. Gould 'llld lil. E. Styles,

Aftemsinginf the hymn.

"Take my lie,-and let it be

Censeereted Lord to Thee'

lievs.‘Gou|d and Styles lcd in pray-

BF. . . 1 .

Revfll. E. Styles was appointed

reporter; to the press.

Rev. if.-_W. -Sawdon had to leave

almost_,ttan'1ediately to attend a sick call-,But in-his absence-Iltov. F. ll. Littleloiiiilreari Mr. Sawdorrs notcs on "Fel owing hrlst," which were. in

part as follows There must be ln- ttmscy vri hJesus Christ. _ Religion in every- gin hasbeen a seeking after God; G 'also has been seeking to know men. lt»i_|_'uocessary}fur Christians to

renew 'tlieir iratiaiacy with Christ by constant y stu ying His life. We must rénew their intimacy w ith Christ- by

enterlugriore and more into the my- steries-o Christ. We‘-must _cultivate this _intiiiieoyyby entering- more fully

tial advices stated that reports circu-5 lated in the German capital, -having

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Mi been ilepulsed and their

- lisiilis, A iletiliia eii~ f,,,,,iL€,.-,French Guns. In Battles - Railing. aloud wliolelilesiern Front ,Allies have

Sipuaiiy Won ,`Reo,apiuring Trenches Previously

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.Taltell by Gerllflins and Capturing German

v Prisoners and '

P -) PARIS. March 2.-German attpcks

‘of great violence, both infantry and

'gmblfmnmehl l° U19 'Pl'°°id°U¢ ind f artillery. have been resumed north of

Verdun, an official statement says, and

with'Gerlnal\Y- THB? 1011110- that 1101- furious infantry assaults have been

repulsed by the French troops, whose fire has decimated the German ranks.

(Special to the Guardian.)

LONDON, March 2.-_-The Germans

resumed their heavy offensive in the region of Verdun, with the French verywberc strongly opposing. While

o , over most of the front from east of the :Meuse down into the Woevre region,

Gorman big guns have been active

(S eclai to the Guardian | North'-'eaet_l0t`_ .>BtVMiiiie1 French guns 'dad by British cruisers. A despatch

have _been .worked effectively against from Trinidad says nothing is known

German positions. . -

ln, Alsace, in the region of Seppois, ish Admiralty made public the instruc- nheavy artillery duel has been in pro- tions as to armed merchantmcn, and.

gross. -- , - V

a v VERDU

The British along the Ypres-Comincs sv.-ls. The instructions say " Solely for

Canal reversed the victory gained over thc purpose oi resisting attack by nu them by the Germans onlFebruary 14 armed enemy. Arxnameut must not be

by retaklng 800 yards of trenches used for other purpose whatsoever."

which the Germans captured at that] (Special to the Guardian.)

time. German mine galleries in the, LONDON. March 2.--A British ofii-` trenches were destroyed. Four ofllccrs cial statement .issued to-night on the and 176 meuwere mude prisoners. In fighting in the western zone. says: addition the French guns destroyed a " We recaptured trenches at the Bluff German work in the region of Bouv- `of Ypresl Comincs Cunnl, which wcrc raignes, which lies between thellost February 1-1, and also n small,

around/.)ouament, the Teutons launch-“Somme and Oise Rivers. salient in the German line. A counter- l od several infantry attacks ot' extreme The situation remains unchanged on attack launched by the enemy some violence. These, the French official the Russian and Austro-Italian fronts., hours inter was repulsed. German statement declares, were put down hy In Asia the Russians ure keeping up mine galleries in captured trenches/

the French troops, whose fire deci- their strong 'offensive against thc were dcstroycd. We have taken 180 H mated the enemy's ranks. Lo-Morte- Turks. Nothing definite has trans-iprlsoners, including four oilicers. had done uf, in-its Owe, LE] reduce l-iommc, Cote du Poivre and the Donn- pired in regard to the report that thc There has been much artillery activity p mont sector particu arly suffered a German commerce raider Meowe has on both sides today from Vicrstraat _ . ,. - heavy bombardment. ' been captured and taken into Trini-1* to Bosslnghc. _ had made a fm mmuk” and when It

| there concerning the Mcowe. The Brit-

|the armament supplied on such ves-

,0i -Verdnn-,Fortress F _ _ _ V _

work,_ncver imagining that neither

ltcv. llugh Miller rcad a paper on' "Tho Church in its relationship to t

U16 D\`05°“¢ WY--" U0 Usked- What 15 price the Germans are paying for the

thc Cinrrch? Wilmt it its aim? What is its object? Our Lord’s words dis-' .close an evident intention on Christ’s part to be f`onnd such an organization _as is implied in the word “Church."| But "the church" is not the nronopiyi of any one denomination, though some claim such a monopoly. Members of the Church of Christ are found ' in every denomination, and some out- _slde of_ all denominations. The Church is. on the one hand “the body of Chrlst"; it is. on the other hand. described in the expression "thai brethren." The New Testament -as- sumes _that every Christian is united in some way to ,-the Church. Tlic speaker- distinguished between ‘ the visible and the invisible Church; tho] former correlating of those who have openly united themselves with the church, and the latter of those who are true believers but have not openly united with the ohurch. -

The Fatherhood of God 'and the bro-

therhood of men are essential ideas of the church. A manlcannot truly

servo his Father God without minist- M|"-,“,|_|n|m,”uur” “".¢_|_,, cow,

ering to his brother man.

The speaker emphasized the obliga-

tions of the church to the evils. 'l‘ho church must not only D0 BGDBFH-Wil

wlthYl~lim' into, Mis work among the slnfu and outcast. and Door.

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The Siege Bliitet‘y Tlllnlt

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Camp and leave no of Providing Same_

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side will pierce the defense lines, nor hat trench wnr is eternal, The

capture of Vcrduu is surpassed by thc heroism and grandeur of Fraucc's soldiers. But ict us hear no more about Vcrdun being or no military importance, nor that if the Germans should succeed the general line of our front would not be changed. Vcr_~ tiun is thc key_to tho heights of Mouse and the strategic -key to our eastern movements. At no price must we lose it. _ , .

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WASHlNGTON.' D. C-._F!ib, 20.--The

Italian liners Guiessopc Verdi and San

Guglielmof at New York. with mount- is

od guns aboerd,_were. orderrod, cleared to-day on assurances from the italian Government that their .armament was for defensive purposesdonly. ‘

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PARIS, March 1-(By special cable ,LONDO'N, March 2.-A Bucharest QUEBEC, March 1.-Several shocks

from Henri Bcrcnger, member of thc despatch to Reuters says Queen if earthquake were felt in Qucboc rench Senate)-The lesson of Verdun Mother Elizabeth of Roumania, Car- sarly Tuesday morning. The disturb- that we must ccaselcssly watch and m_eu Sylva. died _this morning. mire was felt nil over thc city, mul

MIBTHEH EUMMEHEE 1 iiiillill HEPIIHTH

ratdor, possibly accompanied by con

_ TIDE. MOON, ETC.

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to The Guardian) March 3.--Maritime:

temperature recorded 15 degrees above zero. yesterday? morning -it

at nine last night

coldestthe previous

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sets this afternoon at 5.50

at 6.52; it rises to~mor- at 6.33 and Sunday at

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on Fri- eleven

st. emit.

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Fell at Quebec

lolicc. and fire Stations were kept. busy Tm' hours answering queries -from tlarmcd citizens, who were inclined to relieve that some ammunition plant. or

(From our Own Corritpondent.) OTTAWA. March 2.- ducts showing

the magnitude of the operations of the Department of Militia and Dcfcuce since the beginning of the war were given by Ma or-General Iii lu.-s to-do

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Magnitude of dperaiions oi Militia

Department shown in Number oi Men new in Service and in Cou-

lracis for Muuiiions. ‘0pposiiion frilicism Remaritably Mild. 1

discovered that exorbitant prices had been charged it had promptly demand- cd rcifundu,

Sir Sam devoted considerable time

to tt discussion of the part Lieut.-Col J. Wesley Allison had ‘played in secur-

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when the House of Commons went l into Committee of Supply upon his r estimates for the coming year. The

vide for thc recruiting, mobilization,

overseas service, which oil February 29th last reached 263,114 men and 16,468 officers at home and abroad.

To this force Ontario contributed

i10,T76 men, Quebec 28,138, thc Marl- tilnc Provinces 24,198, and tho foilr Wt-stern i’rovinr:c>; 100,002. Moru- ovcr, up to lhc time thc- purr-llnsing of' sllilhlics was placed under the charge oil the War Purchasing Comniissiou of the Department awarded 15,000 con- tracts involving an aggregate expendi- lurc ol' $114,000,000, The Minister of

llliiiitin dcclrrcd that the Demrt icnt

waste and to keep down prices. _It

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Department was called upon to pro-I

csulpmcut nndgpayment of n force for!

ng goods in the United States nb

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'casonablc prices. Thatofllcer, bv said, had received no commission on Government orders and had saved Canada ami Great Britain no less n sum than $50,000,000 on purchases or zcxplosives, ammunition, copper, bras.= and zinc. Hc also declared that through Col. Allison Canada secured for $5,814,000 goods which would other visc have cost $7,423,620.

The Minister submitted evidence to

show that thc country had bought rr- voivcrs. automatic pistols, machiur ,guns and motor trucks at moderati- tprices. lie told thc House that n' system of promotions had been adopt- ed whereby the interests of tho sol~ diers at the front would be guarded. and they would have no occasion lu compiain that uit-n. their juniors in the

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(From our Own Correspondent.) OTTAWA. March 2.-Sir Thomas

fresh winds,-genm-a|1y ONE CENT per .word each inser-

wa,-, Cash must accompany orders. Mini-

lcpot had been blown up. -

All along the Boaupc coast and

town the south shore oi' the St Ln'\\'- ~encc down thc river, thc shock wus felt.

NEW YORK. March 1.--Wireless Tire local observatory reports have

wamlngs that a German commerce qlven no seismograph statements.

in St Sauveur, u suburb of Quebec,

sorts. was attacking éshippiug in the the shocks were strong enough to Atlantic, were rccciv d by the Stan- reuse cliuking ot' crockcry in rhimt 1112111 Of Cfllliial l`0l‘ U10 DUFDOSO Of the dard Oil tanker, Communipaw, which cabinets. _ NX. ailll illtI‘0<lUC0S C0l'lfl|ll L'l11ll\i§0H ill arrived hm-6 today from Algim-5_ the original text. as to what is to he

The firstmcssage was received on """""*"""""""""""""'“"""""'”`“""'“"”‘ V

lizebrugry 17 and was partially in code. ping in me Mm.,u(,| and may |,,. rea sz- . - .~ -

, 1'Abmb calling caaw and reported Pggisgaegf caI§;:c§g,t;:,(ifs§}gb0vv¢l¢l,¥f;t year, instcnd of in August as ilrst_pro-3 DGUIK °.1l*15€d` bl' B 5“9Pf°|°“5 5Nl’» speed fifteen knots, combination Whi0l1 511° believes ‘O bv ll 0°1'l1ll1“ freight and passenger steamer. Cur-

rsider-" 1 t a i 1 j The Comniunipnw was some miles ;ee5¢|-,X9 suns' an 8 WB ng as a

Dum of the A20,-¢s_ when y_h|_., mes, The Commumpaw was um centre of' Finance Minister takes the power to B“8.“.W“9 l`°°eiV°d- At “°°|1 '1 “C0013 -ensatlonal rumours last December. apply the mx i" me “Be” 'Jf °°'m‘ message, apparently from the some when R was ,sported that ,he had nsniss hsvins no s¢c0u11tin€rsrIod= ship, arrived- It said:- been attacked and sunk by a 5ub_ in regard to the question of cap-

“ Altered course to wpu and una." marine in the Mediterrunggm After itallzstlon Sir Thomas White made The _third and most significant mes- some days_ du,-mg whrch Washington some im-portant explanations. As in-

sage was received about 8 o'cl0ck that 5,-lcd .in ,mm to aBCe,.n|n hex. When, .Limatcd previously actual reserves are evening. its text was: aboms, She put mm Amersi and her to bc treated as capital, and book '"G9|'|1!Bl1 Siem"-" is 9~UB¢l¢illS Hhlll' captain denied that any attack had "“"`P "’S""'°“‘ Wm 1”” t"l"*ted °” “B

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White gave to thc House in tj-onrnrittuc this afternoon details of thc method by which the Government will apply the business tax. In doing so hc sub mitted to the committee n number of amendments confm-ming to the bill, which will be introduced as soon as thc resolutions are adopted.

Those amendments detluc the treat-

incinded as capital, and us to the accounting periods. The lnttcr will end with the closc of each caicndrtr

posed. The change removes the pos? sibility of taxing profits made ,prior to the war, applying the tux over later though not it longer poriod. Thc

basis. Vvatered stock will bo dc-

Sloclt issued prior to January 1. 1915,, for other considerations than cash will be treated at its estimated fave value on that date, while similar stock issued since January 1. 1915. will hc treated nl. its fnco vnluc on thc dntc oi’ issue. This class of stock will be valued in

Arrtlcirlou or Buslm-:ss r/lx

no .cusc ni more Lllnn the par valut' and regard will bc had to the com- pnny's assets and liabilities at thu dutc of valuation.. Provision is made for thc cxclnptlou of companies capl talizcd ut loss than $50,000 and whose buf-iincss in munitions is less than twcnty pci' cent oi' the whole. Tin- original draft provided for the taxa- tion of all munition companies with- out exception. Ilydro powcr com- panies nud similar concerns under municipal control, sro given exemp- tion under a clause which exempts n company cr commission ninety per cent. ot` whose stock is owned by rr province or rnuuicipaiity. Sir Thor. White announced that thc tex will bc 'ulrninistc' I by the Finance Depart- ment, with right of appeal to a board of rofcrcca und thence to the courts.

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ZURICII, March 2.-Via London-»

Gcrmun newspapers received here ad mir that heavy losses :irc bf-.ing sus tained in the Vcrdun' offensive and warn thc public against extravagant hopes.

The Frankfurter Zoilung declare-

that thc German regiments arc “ fight- ing in e. sea of fire."

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