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to Liberate More Men tor Active
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(Special to the Guardian.)
LONDON, March 13.-With a view with a recent recommendation of the
to llberatlngLmore men for active Earl ot Derby. In cases where it fs
service in th army, the Government found impossible to remove occupa-
bas revised the list of starred ocoupa- tions altogether from the starred list
» tions. employment in which has ex- men under 30 years will' be replaced
erupted workmen hitherto utilized., by women or older men. _
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» iirit --Sppeeches Gave Enemies Valuable Infor
Fierce
(Special to the Guardian.)
PARIS, March 13.--North of the
Aisne -.Frepch artillery at several
points has shattered German organiza-
tions on the plateau 01' Vauclerc. ln
Champagne a battery of Dres were
directed against ‘German works at
Ma,i_aons de Champagne and the region
wcsf ,of Navarlu. ‘ Fires were also
directed against enemy shelters, rail-
People.
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Argonne. North of Verdun bombard-
ment has increns`ed in intensity west
of the mouse on Lo-Mort Homme and
in thefregfon of Bllrrus Woods. The
French' batteries took under their fire
enemy fo ‘es assembling between
Forges an? Corbeaux Woods. On the
right ~bal'ilt,of the Meuse and in Woe-
vre there"has been less activity on the
part of artillery on both sides. No
day. ln Upper Alsace, east of Sepois,
after spirited artillery preparation the
Germans attacked trenches the French
had taken during the last few days.
but were stopped by a curtain of
fire. Sections of the enemy returned
to their trenches after considerable
losses.
A B4eigiau,i-eport tells of artillery
activity along the front, especially in
the region or Dixmude.
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° 1; :» ' , 'I ' ' ' LONDON, March 13.-Switching Back of the German lin to ortll
mation.. Mr. Carvell Delivered Most Abusive mm mm” mm the em to mm e -=
~ ' ‘ west of Verdun th Germans are aiu
Speech-of _llis Career.
e ag
llammerlilg at the salient of Le Mort.
'of Verdun a French air squadron
dropped 130' bombs on the station of
_Brleulles and at numerous poilits
Jacobstad; sector there have been
violent artillery duels.
ln Galicia, south-east of Kollki and
along the Middle Strippa River the
 
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Germans Attacked
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Claims Number oi Successes while
to be Driving the
depots. especially on the Clermont
BERLlN, March-13.-The text ofthe Verdull railway line with success..
German statement, today reads as"l‘hrce enemy aoroplanes were destroy-
t’ollows:-“W\estcrn theatre: Weather cd in Champagne and one in the
has been favourable for observation Mouse region."
purposes and thcrc has been lively *-
artillery activity on both sides over a (Special to the Guardian.)
great part of the front. Activity also BERLIN. March 13.-Ali Austrian
increased on both sides of the Mensa oiilciol rt-port says thc ilitssian troops
and as far as Mozcllc., Apart from tried offensive movements on' till-
,some patrol fighting on the Sommel Dnelstcr and Bessnrabian fronts, but
and the failure of n minor French their uttacks were repelled. On th.-
attack in Le Pretre Forest there were Italian front, Italian infantry wa-
no important events. After much re- active tbrollgllout the Isonzo region.
connolterlng our airmen attacked All attack by Italian troops near Sei;
enemy raiiwny stations and military was beaten back.
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OTTAWA, March 10-Because of the
damning done to the Canadian boots
by opposition members like Pugsley
and Carvell, Canadian boots and shoes
are notlheldpin high esteem in France,
and France has not bought what sho
otherwise would. have bought gladly.
Not lessthnti ten million dollars has
been lost to the people of Canada as
areeultcf the ,slanderous ottaclw
made _upon Canadian manuf?cturers
byf the'_i.o%posltion members s nee the
v_yarb98'l\_;-1. --  _
This 'was o of theéerlous chars
'.?tli!iiit&a§§lns,ti they members .fer
S _ tlhira *Carleton tonight by R. B.
Be`iiuét,t{f,ttie bi‘_illiant‘ member for Cal-
gaiwlili tiiselt a New Brunswick boy.
Mr. htlnnetnmaae ,a powerful impres-
sion, ltiid be deliberately accused the
two liilnibel'-g mentioned oi' lack ot'
patri6,t,&th.'.and» ot' ,assuming an"anti-
tude,li§ilihi‘ul to the Canadian people
andilt' pful to' the German enemy.
Parliament hasbeeen seriously dis-
turb Qby the harm that Carve ll did
0|'|`1‘a\`;%§day when he gave facts and
infot' .ion to tho- House that will
gud ‘gf v,-gy to the .nafibns that nro
ilglitllig the brave Canadian trooDS 011
the battle fields of Flanders-facts
and information that will nid ‘tho
enemy against Mr. Cs.rvpil's fellow-
Canadidus, ` When Carveil _iutcrjocted
that -ttispl-lme minister had moved
lor tlieiippolntment ortho coiumiteo
which inquired into we nanutawlfs
of Canadian' ,boots tjorftho sold-
iers alid- which had done such harm
to cantdmn credit; lvir. Bennett shot
pact; t at he had- done eo at the Del",
sistientimportunities of the members
for St. John and Carleton- and other
inserais . - "`niit.",he added. "if I inww
the _preftliier .lie is not goinil to soc his
country,-viilned a second time. _
Sacrihoqd Patriotism for Partyism._'
board suc-
" he went
knowl-
never
prices.
given
te the
‘ali that free men deem dearest.
all the investigations that are requir-
ed. was the argument of Mr. Bennett.
and bei/entured the prediction which
he declared to be his profound convic-
tloli, that some reputations that are
great at the present time would fail.
and that men who had washed their
hands in tho blood of their fellow-coun-
trymen, they and their ciiiidren's cllil-
dren would be. cursed by separations
to comeywho would know they had
made inordinate proiltsnut of the W00
of the nation. Meanwhile it was tile
duty of parliament to leave this alone
until the enemy had been defeated and
there was peace once more upon the
land.
Carveli Exceia Himself.
‘ Homme and the region of Bois Bour-
,rus in au endeavour to bring the line
farther south on thc ,western flank of
when the Wm, is over we Shu" have the fortress. To the east of’ the Meuse
und -in the Woevre district there has
been _a noticeable let up in bombard-
ments oil both sides and infantry
everywhere on the Verdun front has
been inactive. In line with tho bom-
bardment of Le Mort Homme and Bois
Ilourros the Germans are assembling
men in the region between Forgcs and
Bois des Corbeaux, probably with the
intelitloli of throwing them into the
fray should their intense bombard-
,uient,meet_ with -success. , The French
-artillery, however, have this assemb-
arouud Verdun French and German
aviators have me; in combats in the
air with advantage in the contest
notably in favour of the French. nc-
cording to Paris. At least three Ger-
man aeropinnes are declared to have
been brought down, while others were
seen by French observers to have been
in distress.
I in the region of Seppols, upper
Alsace, the Germans essayed an attack
_on trenches the French had captured
and were repulsed with considerable
casualties. £rcnch gunshave done
dninage, to rmnn_ positions -north - of
,the '-Aisne; in ' Chalnpagiie and tile
ling point under the fire of their guns. eastern portion of the Forest of Ar-
No advantage is claimed by either side! gontie. North-west of Russia, around
in the fighting around the fortress. Riga. in the lkskllll district and on
Russians have be/en successful in
small engagements with the Teutons.
In the costnl region of the Caucasus
the Russians are still driving the
Turks before them.
Lleut. General .lan Christian Slnuts,
former defense minister of the union
of South Africa had a stiff engagement
with Germans in the mountainous? re-
gion west of Tav;laion§ the frdllf
tier. The Germans were riveu back
although fighting was of the most ob~
stinate character. The British are
eudeavoring to cut off the retreat of
the Germans who are withdrawing to
the south, Unofficial .adYlt?es' are' to
thef effect <-that -`Adiniral- Von Tripitz,
German Minister~of Marine, is ill and
that'-the:mlnistry is'~in charge of
another oillclul.
veil outrivailed Carvell. but he went `
too far to carry couviction.t and ixtaia.
' a
the ll°use,.liut they nie tbzlnnins 1°
Bl.
'hier are saying so iluii-s .fl'°°|¥ '-9'
in he ~ “ l '
was torn to pieces. V “Yes” t‘0ll||0ll
Carveii.
of the most bitter partisan whldh‘
even bo has mode in the .house it
was also full of nbsui-dl-ties. For iii-
stallce. he accused General Str Sam
Hughes of cownrdlcc. The Minister
of Militia has left for Franco, where
he is going upon service in thc inter-
ests of Canada and the Milos, and he
was described by the member for Gar-
leton. today as "Tho man who luis not
enough manhood. to stand here and
answer these charges that I am mak-
ing." He also said that he did Yao:
l
the
o
believe that General Hughes was
ing across the Atlantic o go to
to dlsband the imperial muuiti ns
board in order that the government
might work out "their nefarious
schemes." -
Now. who is Mr. Carvoll that he
should* accuse a soldier going to tho
front of cowardlce? ~ Whois he. f-10;*
he should demand that Canadas
greatest soldier should stay to hoai'
his abuse and reckless language. r.
Carvell's tallt ig not, helping his coun-
try. General Hughes' actions are. '
in violence of vituperatlon Mr. Car-
Tlie speech of Mr. Carvell wai one
M
quite evident that Ontario a any
is gettinglvtoo much of him. There N
not many Liberal; from .Ontario in
realize that Carvell is injuring the
Wlill he was viilfyin the ZUYGW'
mont J? ll. Burnham allied him if it
would be a good thing for this countrt'
if‘it were true that, the il0V0l‘l\lll6\1¢
Wliereupon Mr. HMG”
would be good news for
would mean a Job for
the nail on the head. Mr.
one the impression of
of his native iand.»»Ho
U93!
firing line, but to induce Lloyd Georgerminutes of the revlous meetin s hav
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.THE
Council was held in the Council Cham-
-or last. evening. His Worship Mayor
Brown in the chair. His Honour the
.soul-der. Stipendiary K. J. Martin.
and the llcalth Oflicer, Dr W. J.. P.
McMillan, were in attendance. The
P 8
ing been read and adopted, and the
usual bills passed for payment. a
number of-communications were laid
on the table. A letter was read from
the Commissioners of Sewerage and
Winter Supply asking for financial
issistarice. Mr James, Hennessy.
collector 'ol tolls on the Market, wrote
Applying for an increase of pay, and
Mr Jobxrtvilllsms applied for the
,E_ositlo_n_'_ of gardener of' Quccll’s
quare; _QA letter was read from the
cllsl-loustown Light aria Power ce.
proposing a change in tile lighting of
The regular meeting Of U10 diiyithe city, from the present arc lamps
,Startling Situation Brought to Attention of Board of lieulth. A
to tungsten. A letter was next read
from the Anti-Tiibcrculosis Society,
which controls tho Public Dispousary.
asking for an ilicreaseof the city
grant for the purpose of the Dispens-
ary from $100 to $200.
Mr F. W. lglyndmali wrote asking
the Council what was' its intention
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with regard to his claim for the alleg-
ed trespass on his land by the city in
the extension of tho road from Green-
wood to liighland Avenue.
A letter was read from Henry llulit-
ley. who claimed the sum of $100 for
injuries sustained by the alleged ill-
treatinent of him by officer Kfggins,-
who arrested him in September 1911.
I-le submitted a mediealycertitlcate as
to the injuries. A request, was read
from the Truckmen's Union tor tue
amendment of the byelaw respecting
rates on truckage so as to effect an
increase of 5 cents on the present
rates for hauling. _
Delegations waited on the Council
from the Anti-Tuberculosis Society
and tho Trucktnen's Union--on behalf
of' the Ailtl-Tuberculosis Society, Rev.
Canon Simpson, ills Lordship Mr
Justice Fitzgerald and Mr Jos. Mc-
Carey; and on behalf of the Truck-
men'a Union, Messrs S. R. McDonald,
Thorne and Dalziel.
A letter was also read from Mr
David Schuman, Secy.-Treasurer ot
the P.E.l. Branch of the Dominion
Temperance Alliance, stating that
"there is in Charlottetown' at tlie
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and,;ilt.:-dtaiaglent atieinlaag Grove
on ii a , are . .ua
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A I his illust.ratetl`
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Thursday ev-
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performers, fifteen of wllom are
children. everyone charming and ao-
colnplishod, and nl-ting as to the manor
born. Never before has such a clever
combinatlon been seen ln~ Charlotte-
Pontomlmes Ever Produced
melt?" asks the poet, if they be it was
not to be found in the Prince Edward
Theatre last iilght when Rossleyh-i
English Pantomine Company opened
with the delightful pantomino "Jock,
the l{ing’s Piper, for laughter and ap-
plause resounderl from floor to ceiling
for the two hours the elitertalnnient
lasted. ,Tliere"was'a large attendance
lin`d everyone wns loud in praise of the
productionand in commendatloli of
th_e;-fine acting on the part of the
children, and the "stars" especially.
The Company consists of twenty-five
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one or other of the performances will
have missed one of the most enjoy-
able evenings in his existance.
“.lock. tho l{tllg'_q Piper," is nn alll-
usillg prodllctlon the lending parts
being taken by Jack Rossiey, all “Jock”
Percy Orth ns "Mac, his nephew", .loo
Bnrllllort. as' “Jenn lilacAllistor.” the
nephew's housekeeper. and Bonnie
llossley as "Bonnie Wee Mnry” lilac-
(lregor's sweetheart.
The fun was fast and furious, tho
jokes being new and really amusing.
The solos were all finely rendered and
the choruses were 'catchy" and melo-
dlous. sullg with a vim and spirit
wlhich elicited repeated cncores. All
t Q children are thoroughly woll-traln-
od vocalists, and the soloists among
them are away above the average of
the professional pantomine slngei-s.|
Especially worthy of mention is little,
Kathleen Barnes whose singing and
acting captivated the hearts of every-
""° "fit less successful were Ger-
trude ltiehardson, Lizzie Earle, Marlo
.:o..sley, and Dot Marshall. Two 1
o-if-'min songs particularly effoctlvo
were “Cheer up Molly" by Kathleen
R-v-v¢e~ '-ntl "Your King and Country
Need You" by Dot Marshall. An effec-
tive tableau song was "The Long, Long
town, and everyone who misses seeing,
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AT THE PRINDE EDWARD
The Rossiey English Plintomlms Co. lied li Splendid 0peniu9i
Lust ilight and Justlfied Everything that has been said oi
Their Beauty. talent and Vocal Powers. The .Best
in Charlottetown.
“ls there a heart that music cannot. Scottish dancing was the order ol'
the evening and most entranclng ap-
peared the little ones in _their High-
llind costumes us they danced ."th`l\
,Light Fantastic." There was, music in
-every motion of their bodies as the;
gentered into the spirit of the dance.
!Mr. Rossley also colitributed several
, numbers, and was cheeredto the echo.
wespolllllng in one instance with two
cncoros. » , - *
Tliere was not a dull moment durinrf
the whole performance, and it is cer-
talll everyone wllo was present will
return for another evenlng's health-
flll and invigorating entertainment.
Jenn McAllister as "Burkhart" was
indcscrlbably funny making the au-
dience roar with his side-splitting fnnl-
osities. Tonight “Beauty and thi'
Beast" will be staged when there will
bo a complete change of programme
and thorn should be ll. bumper house.
HUli§l|i|l HEFUTES
THDDPS EDR WEST
(Special .to the Guardian.)
GENEVA, Marg-.h 13.-Germany 'has
requested Bulgaria to send two divi-
sions to the west fighting front against
the French. according to information
received here from Bucharest. Bul-
garia refused because uncertain as to
the attitude oi' ltoumanin. The cor-
respondent of the Berne Bund at
Austrlali headquarters in Albania tele-
graplls that the Austrians have ad-
vanced for southward since the cap-
tllro of Durazzo. ltaliuns and Alban-
ians retiring on Avlona are blowing
up railway bridges behind them.
Sllglit skirmishes only have taken
pllicc, but o pitched battle is expected
soon near Avlono.
Trail." by Gertrude Edwards for which l
she wus tllrlce recalled.
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