‘ The Guardian is Read Daily"?12,000 People. - 9 Statement Furnishéd Advertisers. ~ §KHH§# HKOJKIPIQ-RINO# _M,,-_-_-_-_-_-.».¢- """' """"'-~-~'-~~'-Y--~~“---~---~---‘f---~~-Y---~~-7-----W--~--‘-'--:-‘-‘-<;-----~----1-----.Y .. Y, f~- -- --~~----~~ ----~ \- -~ --------------~ - - :- ..-»»».- THE C IETOW G ARIJI T! -_'_-_-:-:_-susan 1 ‘ ‘ it ` fine |::A.||..v- ._ ` L _ _...Y _ _ (_ . "{_ _ - _ _ _ mmm; only founded mi - Weekly (new Evening Daily) 1887 L 1 ‘ . 50 Per Year delivered in advance S3 ( ) {82.50 Per Year (Mailed) ln Advance in Canada and $8.00 for U. I. 1-- ... --_ - _._ T .;__.__.___,.___g NO.CAIiADiANS IN BATTLE OF IIERDUN Sir Sam Hughes in Reply to Question Stated that Canadians are not near Scene oi Big Battle. Heavy Artil- lery Fighting on Canadian Front but Casualties iight. (From our otrn (.`7orrrsf>o1idc‘11t.) OTTAWA, Feb. 25.-The Canadians are not in the Verdun ilghtiull- At the opening of the liouse Mr E. M. Mac- Donald of l‘ictou asked thc Miuiswr of Militia if thc tllillntiialls wcrc taking part, in the battle which wus ruglug north ol’ Verdun. Sir Sam llughcs in rcpiy said thui. according t.o reports which had been received by lilo llepnrtineuctllo ntiuck was being made io thu north and north-cast oi' Verdun. which is per- haps ,the most strongly fortltlcd place ln Europe with the exception of Metz. He was informed that the French had succeeded in smashing the first attempt (applause) and that the Ger- "solntcly intact. The Canadians. Sir serves composed practically of raw recruits. It appears that in one or two places the French ilrst line llad been ,brnkcn. but the second lino was ub- Sum stated. worn n long distance fruln this position. No special-ass.1uit. on their lines with lnl'untry was being made, hui. there was heqvy artillery tiring. (lcncral MucDonncl had been wounded ruthcr seriously ln thc shoulder and the sldc by shrapnel, and General Lccklo had been shot in th? thigh. “ ’l`hcsc are chunccs they take evcry day. The casualty list, howcvor, is not high, ilvc killed and eight wounded lust night. The artillery tiring is vcry heavy over our lilies and our fellows are paying them back in mlln [FOODS KIOW (¥0!`l'iilig Oil W€i'9 FE- their own coin." -_-_-_-_-_-_ __- -.-_-_-_-_ - _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_- -_-_-_-_-_»_-_- -V. COMFORTS FOR OUR SOLDIER BOYS 149 Provided? 951 Unprovided ...._.____.__.__._- This-is~tthe Slate ot the Poll ` at the time oi nin to Press this Morning; Provided T49, Unprovlded 951. As this is a Case oi Open Voting we know exactly lrom day to day how the Poll Sl in -the Way oi Supporting the Respective Candidate. "Unprovided” is Steadily Losing Ground. and all lluly Qualified Voters are Rallying Popular Candidate "Provlded._” “It is up to the people of P. E. ls- land to keep the 105th together. . . _ and see that it comes here as a unit. l am sure it will make a. name for itself." - “lf the people at home knew how had this war really is and how many men are needed over here. it is not one they they would be raising but two or three battalions." "Our trenches are in such a bud state now with mud and water that lt makes it hard to do anything at all in them.” We have to wear wad- crs nearly all the time now when in the trenches.” These are extracts from a letter received by his mother, Mrs. Charles McLean, Charlottetown. from her son, William, now with the Royal Montrealiiegimtent in Belgium. They speak for themselves. More men ure wanted to back up the boys now In the trenches. and island boys es- pecially will ,be welcome in n com- ands and Who is Who to the Support oi the plete unit. The 105th Highland Re-' 'glment will certainly be a complete |unlt, and it_ will be completely equip-, ped for the trenches when the good people of the province provide thc men with rubber boots to keep their ifeet dry inthe slush of the streets, mlres of England, and the mud and water of the trenches. Already 149 pairs of rubber boots are assured; the thanks of the soldiers and thc Committee ure due to those who `have so readily responded to the ap- peal, and it is hoped that the balance will be subscribed without much ‘fur- ther loss of time. Subscriptions should be sent to the Hon Treasurer. Mr. A. W. Hyndmnn, Royal Bank. Charlottetown. Tho following snbscrlptio\.s have been received: Capt. J. W. Dorsey. $4-00 (Continued on page two.) ____.Y_____.,.. __¢,_,___-,_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-_~_~_»:_-‘f:>::-11- -- `_. _ __ - - - - ~ ~ 5; _-_-f ~_-,~_-_~_2-_-_-:_~:_-_-_Y_~:_-.~:::--1* ooNDIiNs1cn ans. - T00 LATE FOB 0LAssIr:oA'r1o1~' --_il inser- column Mini- ONE word or tion I Cash sen OH _m,a,-a-mn KiN.UQ H'-W* ~ pa " ning on overseas service- _Over- ui mlm' r1A”ii e. ou es. ' or the itecrultlnd V _ ,m._2_”mu_ wAN1'Eo-szcono cl.Ass rEAcH- er for How Bay S0h0°i. N0- 112» Sailor‘s Hope, King'ssCoué1tyé SUD' , 20. C. W. tea. 9°'Y- plement S 7534_2_z6m3JDd_ cur rms our Fon LUCK-SEN birth 'date and 10c. for wondelrful horoscope of your entire life. ro- fessor Raphael, 499 L6Xil’\8l0l\ ‘ron sm.: A rn scroo A H chock writer. 'This macblnepviit, never used and is 5911100111! i-ill , every person uelns ‘i\‘°¥l liP°“i“ have, can be seen at an! iimii- iii! applying at this gactnks- IN I FT) , I 1'/a C811!-Ili C02, Ltd., Will be l0ld` ig g bargain. Reason of sellins A913! gox 103 Clierlottzegswznioutt' yellow Fox Terrier. by “H1110 ° Crepmy. Any person hB»Vi¥\K *his dog in their possession. kilidil' fe' gg; atstsnag an' retgrn to Mrs. Geo TOD. Y “GY - ‘ e 7533-2-26n'l2ipd. ._.__,_'._..___-s--______,,;_____._--_-- ron ’eAi.s-ty, seals or , t.Ano Vernon iilver. near station M14 school. For particulars IDDIY i»° CHARLOTTETOWN-,‘= CA1;l;DA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26,7 1916 A ing the ilrsi four duys of the battle of Verdun are authoritatively estimated at 150,000. The German offensive is ro`cogni1.cd now as prohabl onl the capture the fortress. formerly the key to the French front. and compares in violence and losses to the battle of Yser. The French assume that the battle may continue for a fortnight. German forces are known to be at least 300,000, supported hy numerous 15 inch and 17 Inch Austrian-mortars, with all thc heavy artillery used in the Serbian campaign and part of that employed on the Russian front. Preparations for thc battle were ob- served early in December, when thc first troops assigned to the operations were brought up. Eight divisions which returned from Serbia were sent, io Belgium for rest and-then trans-, Y Y beginning of a dctcrmlncd eii'ort to Iii to rolnforoo the two corps which pre- viously held- that port ot' the line bc- tween Etain and Vaquois. Those were the best troops front the (lcrlnan army including. so it is learned, the famous ,third corps of Brandenburg, supposedly agual in valour to the Prus- sian Guards;-*gand the fifteenth army corps commanded by General Von Dellming, known in France as one of the most. brilliant oi’ the German general ofiicers. The resolutenuss ot' the Germans to capture the fortress is explained by the fascination that the name of Ver- dun has had on the minds of the Ger- man people since 1792 and the con- sequent moral vsluc ot' its fall to the Germans. This psychological reason, in the judgment of high oiiiciul critics, explains the presence of Emperor FIRST FOUR DAYS ARE ESTIMATED AT i50,000 0biect oi German diielislve now Recognized as Begin- ning ol Determined liiiori to Capture Verdun. 390,000 liermaas Engaged Supported by 15 and 17-inch Guns. Confidence ot French Unsllaken. Heavy French Rc»ist_0r,cemenis being brought up. Slaughter is Terrible; fine Entire German Brigade Advancing in Close Formation Caught by French Fire' and Annihllated in iew Minutes. S (Special to the Guardian.) ported to the region ot' Verdun In\\VillIuln behind the troops and the January. orders of the day issued to the army PARIS, Feb. 25.-German losses dur- Five army corps were brought upihy the German Crown Prince and generals. The French compare the ground taken by the Germans in four days with twice that amount gulncd by the French in the tlrst two days of their ollensive in (lhampagnc, together with eight times the number of prisoners. Tile confidence of the French is un- shakcn by the fierce attacks and the slight bending in of the French line. The military critic of the Temps rc- ports that heavy French reinforce ments have been brought up. Licut. lCol. Loonco Russctt, another military critic, relates a conversation he had 'with a surgeon just returned from ‘Verdun. On February 22nd, during the present battle the surgeon saw an entire brigade which was advancing in close order ,caught by thc concen» trated fire of the French batteries and annlhilntcd in a few minutes. gie, with the Germans on the offcnsive, their aim evidently being the great French fortress ot' Verdun. Despite a heavy fall of snow thc Germans to the north ol' Vordlln have attacked with what Paris lorlns ullprccedcntéd vio- lence and with large ferr-us. Tho i<`rcncl\ positions we-rc nitfinkod at several points but, according to thc French olilclal communication, thc attacks wcrc without silt-cess. l~}spcci~ ally this has been true of La Cole du Prlvrc. about four nlilcs north of the fortress, thc attainment ol' whi<-.ll woultl glvc thc Gcrnlans li llnc vantage point from which to operate against Verdun. The artillery on both sides are keeping up the bombardment. So intense are the detonatlons oi’ the big guns that the sound penetrated east- ward to the Rhine in lienish Prussia. Heavy casualties are inflicted on_ both sides, and the Germans claim to have take p number of prisoners, thc aggre- (Speclal to the Guardian.) ,maui-1. as likewise the French posi tions to north of Verdun reaching to the ridge ol' Loudemont. Fighting is going on in thc (‘.han\- (lcrmnn positions in thc Fon-est. nt' Argonne and Vosges lnouninlns have taken place. in Champagne thc Frcncll report thc capture ofa German salient south of Si Marie-u-Pay and taking 1100 prisoners, including twcnty-one oillcors and non-commissioned oiilcers. Artillery and mining operations are in progress along the British front. Bom- with hand grenades have taken place. in Russia and Galicia there have tions, Bolnbardments between Aus- trians and Italians on the Austra- Itnlinn front continue. Russians in ;-,»_-_-v-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-,-,-_-,T___-_-_-_-_-,_-_-_-_-_-,.,________V_V-_-_-,_-,_- _,_-__V__-,_-_-;_-_-_-__Y-_-_-_-_-_-,_-,_-_-_-_-_____-_ _ _-_-_-_-_-_ , _ _ _ _ _ _ .v ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SUMMARY OF. WAR SITUATION LONDON, Feb. 25.--Along the front 'gate at last report being a total of teniCaucasus and Persia have taken ad- ln the region of Verdun the Germans thousand. East of the Mouse. the ditlonal towns from the Turks and and French continue the great strug- fortliicd villages and farms of Champ pursuit of Turkish forces driven out tNeuviile, Marmont. Beaumont, Cham- of Erzeruin continues. Late reports tbrettes and Ornoes are declared by from the British force surrounded by |Berlln to be in the hands of the Ger- the Turks at Kut-El-Amare say the Turks long ago ceased attacks upon the besieged position. Vienna rc- ports a further drive ol' tho ltaiians hcforc thc Austro-liungarittns East pagnc district and bomhartlmeuls ol',untl South ol' Durnzzo. in Albania. clevcu italian oiilcors and over 700 soldiers were captured Durazzo docks arc undcr fire of the batteries of the Tcutons, hampering tim embnrkntiou of Italians. The situation in Congress since the publication oil President Wil- son's letter to Senator Stone con- cerning the stand of the Chief Exe bardments, infantry attacks and fights , cutlve regarding the submarine con- troversy hetwecn the United States and Germany has become more quies- M611 H0 il¥lD0l`iilI1i CIHIIKGS Ol Dosi-‘cent. It scents apparent that no ac- tion in either House which might embarrass diplomatic negotiations will be taken for the present. °‘ g[|;|l[mgL[ lgg||][||] cannons city canada is Paying 4_1.- his hand got caught and was drawn in to the knives. It was only the prompt act of Mr. George Callback, Hospital, where it was found neces- sary to amputate the hand at the wrist. At a. late hour last night- he was resting comfortably.-C. Ausrnm some uv retains satcrmuas. euros cent A icing repulatiut- for align excliitdge ,(>p`bn.tiona on the seas lines as those adopted by Ger- m y. - Banks are -required to *place all- in- coming exchange at the disposal of the central institution. while re- quests for foreign drafts are only granted on proof that their purchase general interests. and planar hands. Wages 80 cents ‘, _Mpeg D . J. Collins. emu Rlvei‘.`F.°ixii. irland. Wants New Name B n - ans will have an opportunity of offering suggestions for the new name of this tion will bc dominion-wide. Tim judges will be named by the city council. (Special to The Gulrdiln) i _ TORONTO. February 26.-Mark tilge: Easterly winds with rain. I Ave New van.. mi-2-zsmxlm srronr 'ro bo`i.s'r'in uP ' Hi W¢AT"¢*i~'.-’Y°°*°"l°Y W” fair and chilly with occasional rain. The highest temperature recorded . -~. :.- . ~ vlausay via st-nn., rss, ai, ,yeswrday_was 33 decrees above zero: .‘Au¢|-gmguninry ' lnitilted nie-2 nine oeloclt yesterday motiglpilit r gistared 24 above, at nine in n t _ above. The coldest the' previous night was 5 above. . The tide will be high this afternoon 'at 2.29, tomorrow et.W8.48; and Monday t 5.03; it will be high tomorrow §_1ornl.ng at 5.09, Monday at 6.35 and uesday at 7.40. The sun set|_thls afternoon at 6.43 ._ "AND ii ad t tomorrow at 5.44 and loudly at 5.46; °T6E“dr f i°'“°°°"°"' mi vm "°°“' m um it me tomorrow morning st 6.43 ss at o 42 ana 'rhesus at o.4o ' ,-Mend y . Y - _,,,,,.,.....,...................._...-...-.~...~........... The moon sets this morning at 10.15 and tomorrow at 11.08. wmrso- srvlmu. cooo‘i.A-ml 'ram was s nm moon an runny, ret. iam se 10.29 p. m. _ . per hour, :teddy Work- .. State ox-I The last quarter: of the moon will.. perienco andk eeéliesr :gist nag' re- be on Saturday, Feb. 26th at 3.25 hsd,t` - rtirwor. o.a ron es .mt ~ ~ - with Mun' Mm and ww" . Mi:-»ply°Geo. D. MacKinnon, Generali a The length of today will be ten Manager, Maogilnlrin, Holme; A hours end fifty-nine minutes and_of C. J. Lebaolraur. 64 Westland Ave.. Co.. Limited. er r6ok%’2;;:2,5“u tlcixmorrow eleven hourrand one mln- , Mln|rd'a Llnlment cutie, dee. lillnlrde Llnimengeuiheqergetln cowl .»_»_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-:N 4_=-_-_-_-_~_-_»_-_-_-_~_~_-_~_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~_-_»_-_= -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_~¢_-_-=_-_-_~_»:_-_-_-:_-_-_~,~_-_-_-,_-_»_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_. _,_-__,__Y___V. ____,___.v._._._.v____ _ _________.v___*_:V._._._._.__v_____, `, $2 000 000 in ii Siiwiiiiisiiii nw. 0 JE. 25 C don- Seperation Allowance A most regrettable accident occur- OTTAWA, Feb. 24.-The monthly in Sm---ide r by sta... t,.';.‘.:‘;"i..i.“‘1t.i;1s‘°'.:..;i.."as -f -» which ML Thomas Brown’ aged be olfered for ilrst second and third tio" “ii°“'°“"°“ in ‘°°i““"°9 °" ‘i°` :boult f25,hllu;ll thgemisfortug; ta lgose choices ' pcndents of the men under arms now B 6 im - WHS 0 8 H il ` _ aggregates over $2,000 O00. Over straw-cutting l11H0i\iIl€. Full by tl BBB' suggestion” Wm have t° be accom nlnct thousand che ues’ are made panled by reasons wily thc name 5' ‘I <&`l|i=llems;1;{gin`e!,h;i:\tlggbggggfhlggbgéxgé Bhommlm (_hO5Pn_ “nd um compew out each month by the branch deal- - . ng with this part ol the work. in stopping the engine, that prevent- ‘ , - (~0MING EVENTS PHE VVILAT EIS " iii. "Xl i”.hi'.i§.,°{§i. T231 ‘If.iI.'“¢.`i.'§i.`§’.i .1-EMPEgAT{,RE, ANNoUNonMil:N'rs. ;outh}em}lv:-gslt. u;I`l;e` eung>$1\;\;atS°‘xli:3r; TIDE.’ MOON’ ETC_ MEETINGS. ETC ONE CENT per word each inser- tion of the advertising in this column. Cash must accompany orders. Mini- mum charges twenty-live cents. "Pastry, doughnuts, cake candy. white and brown bread, and various other good things will be sold at _moderate prices this afternoon in Moore & McLeod's store. 7527. “An entertainment and balkat soc- ial will be held in Stanhope I-iall on March 6th commencng at L80 o'clock. Admission lic. Ladle; with baskets free. Proceeds in aid of Red Cross work. Should the night prove un- favorable social will take since first une night following. 'I4 2-9-24M2pd Mlnard'e Llnlment cures Dletemper. the natural keyboard for anyone who Milne Fraser. Halifax, N. S. _.____..i-11-_ I i ____.'_-_-Quan-nun-a ‘ .~ _ . '-.- - .l - - as ~ . WJ ., .1\.»,.r, ¢ .-_bv \~-=.,_- .1 f.» t 1 ` » i` '4i"‘hi`iI Iii' ». _, 1' ">" _ ,x .e I ~ ;~ » _ . ., =_.-.wr--.f-.f.. .. “The Smith Premier keyboard ia' operates their own typewriter. i have- placed a great number of these throughout the towns of Prince ld-__ ward Island, and they have given great satisfaction wherever sold. A 7520-I-Rlmli. (Special to the Guardian.) , `o'r'r.\w.\, rat.. 2.'..-/u.<>tnm- any devoted ulnlost wholly to thc tlcliilic on the liutlgct round tho Upposition still labourim.: under stunt- t-ul-lmis luis- concepiions as to what lin- l"innm-t- MinIstel"s legislation really proposvtl. This wide range of ignorance on thc subject of thc Budget ltsclt' was :lp- parent yesterday when lion. George l'. Graham urguml at. length against alleged inequalities in thc operation of the business tux, nftcr thc lluust- hud received u dcilnito stnit-nlcut, from Sir Thomas Whlto that the qui-siion ,was covered in the bill founded upon the resolutions before the llousc. To-day lion. Rodolphc Lemieux rc- psated much the same argument as lvlr Graham had advanced. ‘To-day also Mr J. Turrlff of Assonibela. rc- poatcd a mistake made ycsicrday by D. D. Macltcnzlc of Cape lircton in opposing an imaginary tax on illumi- nating oil, ihe new duty applying to fuel oil only. Mr Turifl devoted some of his time to an attack upon the Government for, as hc charged, cin- pleying Germans and pro-Germans, naming in the latter catt~|;;ory En- gineer Swccney, lately ol' Toronto Harbour works. Mr George Bradbury inter In the day dclicvcrcd u bricf but vigorous speech in dcicnsc ot' Mr Sweeney, who, he said, was not a Germah. but a British soldier. lion. Ilodoiplle Lemieux spoke at considerable length, supplementing Mr Graham‘s statement of alleged inequalities in the operation of the business tax. He charged the Govern- ment with exiravagauce in the od- ministration of the various Depart- ments and urged thc necessity ol' in- creased economy. ln concluding his I Pnocesolnos in ,House oF cannons llebale on_ Budget resumed and libera Members Show Wide Range oi ignorance on Subieei each Repeal- ing Charges Previously Explained by Minister White. - ~ - sw.-g~.'~ spec(-Il ho matic- al l‘ci`c1'cn01~ to ilu 1'uitf>d States, declaring that n rout lion had 1-time against tho altitude 1.- bcing loo proud to tight and prcdirt lug that thc next l’rt~sIdr»uiiul clcclio. ,wtulltl bingo upon Amt-rit-nn zulllcrcnl- ,to lin- I-.ulsc ul' Illu-ri_\ und right. 'l‘l|- ,tlf-Iluiv will iw vunlillllc-li ull 'l`tli:,\lt.i:\_ Iliy lion. l-‘rank iillvcr. Mr. llugllcs, of l{lng's, Prince iilti word island, rr-sumcd tho debate on the budgci and indulged in at leugtlrt diatribe in which he <:h:u'gcd ilu (lovcrnlnr-nt with pudding the este limtcs for thc coming your and will. <'XiI'lLViiHuiu~t;~. in expenditure on ilu migration, indian affairs and Domlt: ion lands. lic spoke of transaction'= which were investigated by th~ iiousc Accounts Committee last ses sion and referred to the contrnr: given thc Midvale Stall Company, o; Phlladclpllin t`or the manufacture tr 25,000 shovels at $1.115 it plccc. Thw patent on these shovels was held bi. it young Indy who was n stenograpll er in thc oillcc ot' thc Minister of M1 litln, The shovels, he said, coult- have been rundc in Canada for 1-lf. cents each, Six thousand of then- wcro sent to linglund with thc ilr:-‘ contingent but had gone no further lic asked if a young woman could bc cxpected to have suiiiclcnt know- ledge to invcnl. at useful military lin plcmcnt and nsscrted that tho com. try had been culled upon to buy tht shovels in order to make thc lady in question rich. lllr. iiughes also dr voted some time to the discussion ul the work of the Old Shell Commit- tee, saying that. since the money or thc British tax-payers was spent, tht- Govcrnmcnl was opposing request~- for un investigation of thc commit icc’s operations. dies to the Canadian Ptlcitic Itali- ln land grants 10,816,010 acres and ill bond guarantees .C:i,093.700, as- sumed direct by the (loi'crnmcui December, 1906. To the Uanndlau CIIIIIII HIS PIII] IIVIII $5I.llllT‘.llUll IUII IHIIH IHANSEUIIIININIII IIIIIWIIS l O'l"i‘AWA, Fch. 24.-Wllut iiunlidzl bonds; |012, .l."T.'l2i,£'»tii_ lhrcc :mtl n has paid its three 'I`runHconli|n~||tul half pcr wut lumtls; 1914. $~ii'»,000, lilies in thc way ol` suhsitiios or bond 000, four por cent bonds. Of thi.: guarantees was told‘in the llousc to- Inst incntitmcti bond guarantee tht day in replies given by the acting Canadian Northern has sold securi Minister of Railways. lion. l)r. ltcld, ties vnlucd at $17,500,000 and a por- to questions by Mr. Jameson. The tion of thc remainder has been pledg- total amount paid hy way of suhsi- cd for purposes sci out undcr thc ilCi. WHY. $30.369,374. I To the Grand Trunk thc only sub sI.> r _', t; 1 li* ' of ft; n’ i _-" ,I .- ,-1 -it iii- it' il . 1" ‘ 'iiij 'f ~ ~¢ .I ,rd . if? iii. ._‘ ll . .1-3 eagei. | Z, n, I .. 5 ‘iii 1 1: '.11 » .1 -f 1 il: 1- ‘».i' Q' fill' -. if 11 a -15; I.; `~l.`1i '54 g \ .I I < "si gli wi; ,il :.1 ._ wt ,\ in -5: tl.; T. 2 ‘V i:'=v -_ .3-3 .-.,_ I ...- 1 .lil "1 .‘»I, » ‘l