‘-Uflunited for the purpose and possess- * »~.." A Guardian IS. Read Dany by +*HH ”"""'l."' ,f ' , f '_-'---1 - -'-1 - _ f-_ :_-:._-.-_-_-_-_-_ ,-,-,_-_-_._._._._._._._.____;:____¢__________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _‘_ _ _ Peo le. P _ Statement Furnished r turn \ __..».»~..._ , \ - |v|,o|=r-Nina -'oA_|.,|.._y - ---mill ,I Medline Deity fourteen mt ` 'dmv 'ww sv--in v-u on 1: cHAnLoTrE*1“owN` EANADA wsonesosr MARcr"1`29 1916 A 413.60 Fer Year (delivered) in arlvenee ` ’ \2-I0 Per Veer (Mailed) In Advance in cenede and SIN for U- CLA. ¢a`& . , ‘ __ .- _ ’ __ ’ ._ , A - _ BEEIJINGS 3 Another Amd. on sl..-u committee i..wl.a¢1. Previously Proved False Statements were ile- iierated. Sir Thomas White Eiieciualiy- Dis- posed ol_ Olnposition Insinualions. Kyle oi, Nova Scoha, ndertook io Restore Damage Done"- hy Carveil and Failed. (From our Own Correspondent.) _ OTTAWA. March 28.-A determined `efi'ort on the part, of the Opposition ,to underpin their demand for an lu- vestlgation of the Imperial shell pur- chases in Canada, marked the final stage of the debate on Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s resolution. This effort was put forward by Mr George W. Kyle of Richmond. N.S., ieplm mate of F. ll. Cnrvell, in proseculug Inquiries in-~ fore the Public Accounts Comiulttel-.. Mr Kyto set ihimseli’ to accomplish two things, first. to restore the dam- aged case presented to the liouse' some weeks .ago by Mr Carveli and later badly damaged by tho speech of the Solicitor-General, and secondly, to present new material with regard to the alleged irregularities in the trans- actions of Col. J. Wesley Allison. As amcsns of salvaging the Carvell case Mr Kyte presented a statement secur- ed by Mr Carvell from the Imperial Munitious Board with reference to western shell orders. With respect to these orders there had been a wide gulf between the statements ot Mr Curvell and Hon. Arthur Mcighen as to dates and deliveries. The stato- ment obtained by Mr Carvell and pre- sented by Mr Kyte agreed with the statement made to the House by the Solicltor~Genersl. Mr Kyte, however, reasoned to the contrary. The Rich- mond Liberal spoke till after eleven o'c1ock, having begun shortly after five, and did not reach the gravemen of his speech until late. Ile then read t.o the House a series of declarations purporting to show that Col. Allison had taken very large shell fuse orders tothe Unil,ed States. had placed them with' mushroom companies. newly ing n`o.plants and that heavy advance payments were made to these com- ponies. Mr Kyle said that nine tiays before the contracts were given by the Shell' Committee an agreement was entered into between E. B. Cadwell, president of the American Ammunition Com- pany, one of the Ilrnis ll. 1<‘. Yokum of UONDENSED ADS. ` T00 LATE FOR 4" CLASSIFICATION ONE CENT per word each inser- tion for advertising in thiscolumu. Cash must accompany orders. lllinl- mum charges tweuty-five cent_s_._____ “l5EAL" BAUSAGES ALWAYS ON _ hebd at I-iolmanis, Charlottetown. W`ANTED_`G|RL FOR GENERAL housework. Apply at this office. 7:34-3-zo-lust. SMK-if nov WANTED ror`éomp..fl- ~ ing room. Apply Foreman Guardian onion 7917-3-21-Mt - Fon sau-:-Puns""s'n'_’6e 'A'v%‘- shire' bull 2 years old. Apply C. T. Ferguson, Marshfield. R. lt. No. 2 York. , __§l0o-3_-zo-lvlsipu.. T0 LET- IN PRIVATE FAMILY A large bright sitting room, centrally located. All modern conveniences. Apply Guardian Office. 'l9t1-3-21Mtf. FOR SALE-CAMERA finishes post cards easy to operate. -Mak streets or picnics 6 | . I i . New York and E. W. Bassick of Brid- geport, Conn., ln which it was declared that by virtue of their services in ob- taining tbe contract for 2,500,000 fuses from the Shell Committee, the three men were entitled to n commission of one million dollars. or 40 cents a fuse. This sum was to be divided as follows: --To Yokuni. $475,000; to Bassiclr. $270,000, and to Cadwell, $250,000. Mr Kyle told the House that In September 1915 another partnership was entered into by J. Wesley Allison and one Eugene Lignunti louse all their efforts for their mutual advantage and prnttt to secure contracts for supplies to be cxported to certain Iduropcnn collu- tries. This partnership Mr ll. l\‘. Yokum joined n few mouths later. Mr Kyte said that the agreement; dis- solving last September gave informa- tion regarding a number of contracts in which the associates had been in- terested and the sums of money each had received. He asserted that the $475,000 received by Yokum as com- mission on the contract for fuses be- tween thé Shell Committee and the American Ammunition Company was divided. 'iignati being given $60,000 and Allison and Yokum sharing the 'balance equally. On a contract for 500,000 cartridge cases awarded by the Shell Committee to the Edward Valve Manufacturing Company, the partner- ship had secured 20,000. of which $2,500 went. to Lignati. Mr Kyte also said that there were other contracts, some executed and some pending for rifles, picric acid, powder und chemi- enls. If ull these contracts were con- summated ilignatl would bc puld n total of $26ti,tl00 and Allison and Yokum would have $1,600,000 hct.ween them, ' . " " (From our Own Correspondent.) OTTAWA, March 28.-Sir Thomas White, who followed the member for Richmond, pointed out that Mr Kyle had attempted to support fundament- ally false statemcutsliy adding to them. The Finance Minister allowed that statement, after statement. made by Mr Carvell und shown by thc Solicitor-General to have been incor- rect. had not been rc-t'erred to by Mr Kyte at all. As to the new allegations. he asked why the member for Rich- mond did not lay his complaint. before thc Department of Justice and have the man charged oltradictod: the De- partment would do its duly. -Sir Thomas emphasized thc fact that in all -that had been said by Opposition members there was no charge of fraud, dishouestylor corrup- tion against membern of the Shell (‘,ommitIee. He questioned whether any good purpose would be served by investigating the work of a. defunct committee and pointed out that no real investigation could takc place without the bringing ot’ witness from the Wlar Ofilce and without the consent of the imperial Government, as to the prices paid and the orders placed hy the Shell Committee. The -Dominion Government had no authority and therefore no responsibility. Dealing with the fuse contracts. Sir Thomas explained thatlarge initial payments were not unusual but a rule guaran- tees were takeu. He would Investi- gate as to whether this had been done in the case under discussion. Referr- ing to tv statement by Mr Kyle that s_lr.Bam Hughes had a gned an endors- . ation for the contracts Sir--Thou. Z explained that the Minister of Militia I had cone this- on behalf of the Impenist andnot-of the Canadian Governruoht; _ At- .halt-past. .twelve the .F_l_nlnce‘ Minister adjourned- lthe debate, .stat- that he had -a good deal more to any ; anti- some things. to look into. Othel- spaekers today were Mr F. I<‘. Pardee ot,-Weetlaanbtou. and--Mr W. A. _Boise ....1 » . .,_ , -e . THE VIEITIIPR. I -TEMPERATURE 4 me - . if .'.°.:::.: 1° lint -Yesterday reoordtid_‘ above ll i mornilil at al ef at aes., of South mcoe ._ ' gr, ,_ (Special to the Guardian.) , LONDON, March 28.-Another de- termined attempt by the Germans to break through the French lines north- `, west of Verduu resulted in failure -with heavy losses tothe Germans' _After a day's intense artillery prepara- tions another effort. to lessen the six miles intervening llctweeu them ami the Paris-Verdlm railway and the nine _ mile.-I still between them and Verdun, the Germans launched a great inl`antr_v attack on the Haucourt Bethlncourt sector. Successive waves of Germans were thrown into the fray, but their attempts were put down by the cur- tain of fire of the French and volleys from the rifles of French infantry. Still intermittent bombardment is going on north-east, of Verdun. in the Woevrc region the French have been shelling German positions; in Argonne they are bomhardlng the German lines in the north-east, while in the Vosges artillery action is marked on both sides. On the British front in the St. Eloi sector the Germans opened n heavy artillery fire on the British forces holding ground ,gained Monday. Brit- ish artillery replied effectively und.. according to the British official state- - In lnent, those positions are still in the hands of the British. in Postavy region on the Russian front Berlin reports that onsiaughls of the Russians against. German lines have been held and tllat the attacking forces suffered heavy casualties. ' A semi-oiilcial despatch from Berlin says the Russians attacked their new offensive with sixty divisions over it front’ of 120 kilometres and that their losses have been less than 80,000 men. Heavy Italian bomhardments of Austrian positions on the Doherdo heights along lsonzo continue. A Ger- man air squadron dropped bombs on Entente Allied encampment north of Saloniki. A German destroyer has been rammed and sunk by the British light cruiser Cleopatra. Therc were no German survivors. V (Special to the Guardian.) ` PARIS, March 28.-A bombardment of great violence against French posi- tions from Avocourt to Bethincourt. west oi’ the Meusc, was followed this afternoon by a German attack launch- ed against Hnricourt on the Malan- the harbour works at Saloniki and the' Bolubardmenl of Great Violence Against French Positions, Followed by Furious infantry Attack which was Repelieli by French turlain of Fire. Heavy Fighting Along both Sides oi the illeuse. A German Battery FX-ploded by French Gun Fire. [court front, in successive waves. lt was repulsed with heavy losses, ac- cording to an official statement by the French Wfur Office to-night. The text. of the statement follows: In Argonne our artillery continued active against enemy organizations north of liouylctte in the sector of La Fontaine nux Charmes, and Houte Cllevauchee, as well as in eastern Argonne. Our fire directed cu an enemy battery in Montvacoun wood caused a violent explosion. West of the Meuse ‘bombardment was resumed in the course of the day against our positions from Avocourt to Bethin- court. About three o'c1ock the Ger- mans launched u. powerful attack against our Harlcourt-Malancourt front. The successive waves of assault were, repulsed by our curtain of fire and the fire of our infantry. Our second lines east oi' the Meuse, have been bombarded. In Woevre our artillery concentrated its fire on visible points of the enemy trout. In the Vosges artillery was quite spirited in the region of St Ossweir, Muhlbach and I-lartmanns-Weilerkopf. The Belgian otliciai communication says there is nothing particular to re- , port. ' , _________,,___ _.-.__.. .___._____u______.,___ -British Alrmeu ‘ . Bombarll Turks LONDON, March 28.-A Suez report says that a successful air raid was made ou thc .Turksih advance base 100 miles east of the Canal by British airmen on March 24th. Our gtirmeu routed a body cf the Turkish ii fautry, descending to 200 feet and opening fire with a machine gun. Britain Also ' iiad Blizzard LONDON, March 228.--in the mid lands. north of England and in Wales one of the worst blizzartls in it quarter of a. century raged last night and this morning. -_ Than the Armeninis ROME. March 28. - The Govern- dence and documents which will short- iy'be published proving that Austria and Bulgaria were guilty of horrible crimes in Serbia, where massacres worse than in Armenia were perpe- trated. According to the evidence which the Serbians have communi- cated to the Italian Government and the Pope, the victims exceeded 700,000 Whole districts and towns were de- populated. Women. children and old men were shut up in a church by Austrians and either bayoncted or suffocated hy_ asphyxiuting' gass. In one church In Belgrade it is alleged. 3.000 women. children and old men were sulfocatcd. The Serbian refugees stated that they were- present when - bombs and macnvines for producing asphyxiating gas ere_d(strll;utot_I_to the Bulgarians. anna. -- W ,i j .wr Sun i.oNooN. is ‘ii dll-iifrne nrlnsli steamer, Empress of Midland, .has been sunk. ’.".»? ‘- isa-an a .l _ P March that * li Germans Did Ii (Special to the Guardian.) WASHINGTON, March 28. - The American Government, through the ambassador at Berlin, asked the Ger- man government if its submarines were responsible for the damage to the steamer Sussex and the sinking of the British steamer Englishman. Two additional steamers were sent to the bottom. the Eagle l’oint, a Brit- ish vessel. presumably by a torpedo, and the Harriet. n Danish vessel, by n mine. The crews of both were saved. (Special to the Guardian.) Million Dollar Fire Strikes 0klahoma TUl.S.\. Okla., March 28.-Damage csiliilzitf-tl :ll more than one million dollars u-nn done in the oil fields near Ilumrlglil, when .l tire, starting in a ;»llc of rt~l'u:~u\ s||:'tn . ,_ '_ ,-.- .-‘-= if. ~, ._ .- *»'l‘; s 1 '<- \ r I .1 f. 1 1 `l . t. i. ‘ o. . 1 ,-1 ,. ., i .‘ >.‘- ~i ._ f, .l .gf 2 V ,~. 2. 1. »,. .., ' .--fa fl -f .lj -7 I rt. . 1, , ,__ , _f ._ _,_ . » » » _I L. ‘ tl :Y . ,