The Guardian is Read Daily by 42,000. People. \' `. . dwwwwsumuaoaqmawg l»)l<+ll€€lt§`1I(49l€*)¥ a Sworn. Circulation . Statement Furnished Advertisers. . 1. i .rrrr-‘--4::-Nv'rf-rr.-.~_~:.-.~.-:.~.-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-,__ . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' 'V - ~ ~ - ' - ~ ~'- -'-`-'-‘-‘-‘-`-‘-‘-'- -'~ . -- ----z-_-_-.~.~.'.~4;:.=-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-;_-_-_-_~_=-_,;;__._._T;_* _____._______________________;______.,,_-_-_-_-,_-_-,-_-_-_-,-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_.,_.,__,_.___.V._._.___.§___,___-________g-_-__,-_-_____-,_.__V,_,`______:_______;__;______;___________________________Y_________:__;__________v;___________V___V_________Y_;__*_*_*_______V_v_________Y_________Y_______V_________'___________________________Y_______:____:_~‘-‘. THE TTETIIW I GU ARDIA 't_ ~lv|'¢|`=nN'|N¢'a oA||..v ig _ if G‘.Z2'N»'§°<'»ifi5lii3l'3f»f$T$'1iIy» no } . VCHARLo'r'rET0wN, QANADA, FRIDAY, JANUARY H28, 1916 I 03:33 .i’.°.' v‘Z.‘;.‘l' A (.S`/facial to t/ic (}`r1<1l'dian.) A sections of the German women are .deinaiiding some form of conipiil- sory service for women," says it Berne despatch' to the Morning !Post. I “Anioiig'tlic :issocizitioiis in fav- I our of the innovation :irc thc asso- ciation of Licrnizui post office :ind tclcgrnpli employees, and tlic union of ltoinaii (jaitlaolic woincii." T"ROl;ll_'§ SINKINU Ol" S'i`l£Al\i ER PERSIA. 'l`(_) I l_ONDOl\’, jan. 27-The L’-ritisli Government has ordered that a iornial invcstigziiioii be mzidc of the circiiiiistunccs attending llic sinking of the steamer Persia in the Medi- tcrrzuicaii last month. . KILLED TAKING HIS BATH. l'Olt'l` Ji~}l~`l"ERSON. ini.. Jan. 27.- (2. Frederick l’urlck, 47 years old, was killed in the bathroom at his home liere. While he ‘had one foot in a 'i‘\in i-in-.uit was completed by lils 'i‘l‘}Ml’ER.ATUl{.E, 'l'lDlil. MOON, ETC. ____- THE WEATHER Yesterday was cool with occasional snow fini-ries. 'iiiw ingiiesi temperature recordod yesterday was 20 degrees above aero; At nine o'clock yesterday morning it ,registered zo am-ooo °\>°\'° "NH “A nine int night 17 desi-ees above toro- 'ltbo coldest the previous night was 20 7'?i~'i.t.‘?°5.lil‘°'.l’lii I.. an iii. ni... noon at 8.80=a.ml tomorrow at 4.21: wi :°.ni.~'n°ar " `r°“~"i.:a'~ ii".-.fr*i:°:.~‘ ‘ti W l . ‘ ISI SAA?-¢iIv’mi:omiu at 1.26 .na enum t. . . i -- Ioiépo moon, _:atm this m_orni_n¢\ at I Afhhra, ,wiht I ll moon roll' "Tlh\l\'ln do . Ishii!! at 4.89 a.m. - The int diiorter of the moon was on Tliurtdpy. J\iuary.'!‘It.l,\.- at I." _"gba “A50 hours (From our orvn (.`o"l'vs[vo1idv11t.) ' ()'l"l`l\\\’/\. ]an. 27-~'l`hc llousc of Coniinons to-clay witnessed ilic vocal flogging of a incinbcr. It was adiniiiistcrcd by the l\liiiistcr of Agriculture, Hon. i\lartiii Bur- rcll, and thc man who siiiicrcd under it was Frziiik ll. Czirvcll, Liberal nicnibcr for Czirlcion, N.B., zi niitii whosc :iticnipls to terrorize llic Govcrninciit and to rciidcr ini- possiblc the co-operation of the two parties have durkciicd thc records of Pzirliziiiieiit cvcr since thc war bcgrin. 'I`lic punislimcnt nictcd out to this man to-day was iiicrcilcss :ind ovcrwlicliniiig. it involved :iii exposing wliicli plziccd iii clczir rc- licf thc cliarzictcr of the inciiibcr who has constituted liinisclf ilic Govci'nmciit's chief critic :ind which destroyed absolutely :ind for cvcr the usefulness of F. B. Cnr- vell so far :is the Liberal party is concerned. . It _\_i:=i_s___tbifuiicliibar who out-llcrodcd lion. Willizini Pugslcy in the rccklcssiicss of his iittzicks upon thc work of thc Shell (`_`onin'iittcc, nttzicks which wcrc shown by thc Miiiistcr of Militia yesterday to bc as useless as they were savage. it was lic who charged the Miiiist`cr of Agricul- ture witIi.pcrniitting the niaiiipula- tion of hay contracts in the pro- vince of New Uriiiisivick, and it was this charge which rccoilcdto- dziy with blasting effect npoii the mzuiuivlio made it. i\lr llurrcll did tivo things. llc proved from thc Dcpartnicutal rc- cords that i\7lr C:irvclI's cliargc, that inferior and rcjcctcd hay had, through nianipulation, bccn accept- cd by tiovcrnmciit iiispcclors :ind paid for at zi high price. was con- trary to the facts. llc proved, lil ’ P li S h ll i d lion. Marti B rrell. Whose Department had been Slandered by Mr.. Carvell, ileltl the Whip and _ Used it Merelllessly and Overwhelmingly, Proving from .ilepartmental Documents not only that the Charges Made by Mr. Carvell were Absolutely False but that he was Guilty of Some of lheg d b 'dim A ainsl the lleparinient. Ollenoes tharge yy g that Mr Carvcll had liiinsclf bccn guilty of one of thc offcnscs clicirg- cd :igninst the Dcpnriiiiciit, tliait of holding down ilic price pziid for loosc Tiny to thc f:ii'nicrs. 'l`his had taken plzicc in 190: wlicii thc prcs- fcni nicinbcr for Crirlt-ion, ilicn thc scci'ct;try-ti'cnsiirci' of thc New Brniiswiclc llziy (foiiipniiy, wliicli was siipplyiiigliziy for the troops, had cstablislictl :i virtual coinhinc under which siili-coiitraictors wcrc forbiddcii, iiiidcr pains :ind penni- tics pwvidcd in ii Iinrd :ind fast contrzict, froni paying tlic Tzirmcrs more than eight dollars zi ton Tor their hay. 'l`lic " pciiailtics " ivns described iii this rciii;ii'k:ilih- con- tract :is “piiiiisIiiiiciii." " 'l`liis,” ‘said i\lr Biii'i'cll, “is thc patriot who has cliargcd nic with bleeding the fzirrncr.” ' Taking up Mr (_`:irvcll's allega- tion that Connolly and \Vctniorc had bought up “ black, rotten hay ” ivliiclinlifiilr zilrchfly becii condcnincrl by tlovcrnniciit inspectors :ind had succeeded in selling' it to ilic Dc- pziriment nt another place, 'Mr Burrell read tclcgrziins received from thc Governineiit giiispector at \/Voodstoclc, NB., warning thc De- partment tliztt ii crop of hay which had been rejected had been re- sliipped to St ]ohn; zi message from the Department to thc inspector at St ]oIin notifying him of the cir- cuinstance and instructing him to bc very czircful iii dealing with the sliipniciit; :i incssugc from lnspcc- tor Strong of Woodstock, N.l3., uiiiiiiiiiiciiig that Connolly :ind \Vct- inorc wcrc buying cull hay which lic had :ilrcridy rcjcctcd. “l may say,” contiiiiicd ilic Minister, “ that that hny \v.'is ivntclicd and watclicd ‘iiolly :intl \f\/ctinoi'¢ Iiziil _hccn un- -:iblc to iill their contract because of .thc lit-:ivy rcjvctioiis. “T lizivc `nc\'ci‘ bccii rcgairdcd, pcrliiips, :is :i hot party niaii," .said thc Minister. ,“ I may say that I would ratlicr go .ont of public lifc for cvcr :intl kccp what rcgnrd l may have curncd froni iiiy friciicl on hotli sidcs of this liousc, than rciiiziin in ii ni. ilic pricc of tlcscciidiiig into thc depths into which thc lionoiirziblc mcinbcr for Cairlcioii ilcsccndcd." " 'l`lic Carleton iiicnibcr, zificr :i iiunibcr of efforts io interrupt, efforts which wcrc siippi'c>>'.cd liy :iii iiiiligiiiiiit Iloiisc, salt silent in his scat. Tn iiizirkcd contrast io the attitude of thc Liberal (iovci'n- nicnt, which rcfuscd even ziftcr thc close of the South African \’Vzir to permit the investigation of hay pur- chases for thc lnipcrizil Govern- nicnt, Tlon. ;\lr Burrell niiiioiinccd his pcrsoiizil williiigiicss to produce all rccords relating to :ill such trriiiszictioiis :it thc t`oiicln.:ii¢ to- day were .\lr Tiiiiiiiniiiicl Dcvcliii of \_\"riglit', Dr _l. W. Edwards of Froiitcnnc, .\lr \\<". F. Carroll of Cape Breton :md .\lr _T. Tl. Tliirn- ham of \\’cst Pctcrhoictigli. Dr F_d\vard’s spccqh was fcnt- urcd by zi vigorous condciniizition of thc conduct of B/lr Henry Bour- asszi :ind Colonel /\rm:ind Laver- gno in their ¢_-i"i`orls to prcvcnt C:iii;iil:i’s participzitioii Tn thc war, :ind stated that it ivris iinpossiblc to zippcnl “ to the czilloiiscd licnris, or stir thc blzichciicd blood of Bour- assn :ind l.:ivcrgiic." llc declared that it was disgrociiig thc King’s uniforin that Trivergiic was per- Cftrcfiilly :ind that vcry liiilc, if any, again from Departmental records, got :i\vay." llc added that Con- niittcd to wear it. ~--- - - - -M - --- - -~-- - - -- - - » ~---~-een-.».-.~_-_-.-.=-.~~.~.»-...-_. _-_-ef -_-_-_- (8pccla LONDON, jain. z7.-“ Vcx- atiously inquisitoi'i;il," “uii\v;iri'ziiit~ ed intcrfcrcncc" and "impress upon Sir lidward Grey the necessity for prompt nction in this matter " :irc among thc terms employed- In thc- protcst of thc American Govern- ment to Great Britain against Qrcat Britaiifs intel-fcrciicc with neutral mails, the text of which has been made public by Wasliington; ' The tentative reply of Great Britain promises, “liefore_long," state of consultation between Great Britain `and her Allies with respect to the policy to be pursued. Denuncla- tion of the exportation of arms and ammunition to belligercnts in a world war has been voiced in the ,United States Senate by a dozen .Slthatoi-s, Deinocrats and -Repub- Tfliclns. The debate which followed 'iipdn the presentation to the Senate bf the huge petition of the organ- lltstion of American women for _ il\ln|`rd'o cd to pirsngc that ai votc may hc forced upon llic embargo resolution now pending bciorc thc-.Foreign Relations Committee. 'l`Iic Tlritisli Lnliour tloiigrcss, wlillc opposing by ri large iiiaijoriiy the provisions ofvihe Military Scr- vicc llill, has defeated the proposal that working men. should :igitntc for its repeal. Waltcr‘R_ui1ciman, Prcsidciit of thc Board of Tradc in ihé Brian. i>..finm¢nr,.ims inform- ed Parliament, that in.order to re- lieve pressure on shipping and make rooiu in vessels for addition- al imports of foodstufs. fuel, munitions and other essentials, re- strictions against the importation of certain goods will be put into 'effect by the Government. ‘ Considerable lighting has been ltaking place along the entire front. .Berlin asserts tliat_bei:w.e'en 5oo and 6o'o yards of French trenches were stormed by the Gennani in the U. S. PRUTESTS AGAINST BRITISH INTERFERENGEWITH NEUTRAL MAILS l to the Guardian.) ‘inciil of cnilizirgo legislation, sccifi- French couiilci'-aiitaizks wcrc willi- oiit rcsiill. In this region thc Illrcncli :isscrt thc Gcrinrins were ‘driven from llic niinc craters they had occupied and were repulsed in trying to rc-capture them, wliilc llic llritisli report progressive occu- pation by their nicn of the inine craters :ind Gcrniaii listening posts in the Ncuvillc region. Paris :iininiiiiccs also flint (Scr- _nian trcnclics in llclginm, and to north of thc Aisnc. Iiavc been badly lianimcrcd by French guns, and that the Germans suffered serious losses in a iight for a mine crater in Argonne Forest. While considerable lighting has been going on along _thc Russian front, at various places. from the region of Riga ,’ down' into East Galicia, no iiiipdrtaiit results have been attained by either side. The same is true to the Austro- ltalian front. Caucasus region and Balkans. ' j '_ ` _ Capture Number in Trenches. Blown Up in (Special to the Guardian.) i’AltlS, Jun. '37,---h‘lzituni1~iit. by ilic Wai' Oilicc-iii Artois district lust night there was spirited cannonadiiig in the sector ol' Neuville St Vaast. in the vicinity ot' the road from Neu- villc to LnFolle we coiiilinicd to re- occupy progressively tho listening posts and craters in wlilcli the cueiny had obtained xt footing. We found there numerous bodies oi' Germans and one macliine_ gun. We also too several prisoners. ln Argonne we caused the explosion siiccessfully of two mines, one near llautc Cliovau~ cliec and the ottiiir in the vicinity ol' Vn\i1|iiuls." I IILLTES' RE-OCCUPY A POSITIONS IN WEST oi Prisoners and Machine Gun. German Deadl-`ound Enemy Positions Argonne. Turks Retire from [ful-el-Amaija. 7 LONDON. Jun. 157.-General Towns hi-nd. coiiiiiiuiidiiig the British troops invested at Kilt-ol-Amara, reported that the 'l‘iirki-i evacuated the trenches. at the defences of Kut-el-Amiira and 'retired to a position a mile from the Britlsli entrenchments. No change lg the situation was reported by General Aylmer. commander of the column marching to the relief of the lint-cl Auiara garrison. (Special to the Guardian.) kI BERLIN. Jan. 27.-The German attack on a. French position near Neuvillo was resumed yesterday and. according to a War Office statement of today. 600 yards oi the French line was captured. l.t)Nl)()N, .luii. 25.--.luck Munro. who once gziiiioil l`anii~. liy_l