i The Guardian 1s Read Daily by 42,000 People. Sworn Circulation Statement Furnished Advertisers. » -»~vY,-_- ' ` ' ' ' ' ' ' ` ' ' ' ' ` ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' 1 ' 1 ',f ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ r - r ' - 7 fr ~`~`- fr ~`f`~'-‘ff-` ""-1':-"`-‘Y f 7 ~ - - ' ' ‘ "' Z ' ` ` ’ ' ` ' ' ' T ' ' ' ' ` ' ' ' ’ ‘ * ' ' ' ‘ ' ' r ~ ~ - ~ - ~`~ ~ fr 7 ~ ~ - - ~'-“Y”-`-‘-`-`-`-'-`-'-7`-`~'ff-'~`-'-`~‘J~‘-'-“-‘-'-‘fff=‘-‘-‘-A-‘:_-:::::_=‘:_‘~*:::::_*r.“:_“_':~‘_‘:::_':J.2“.1“_“$.‘J::_-rf:I:JJ:::_;-_-:;:_':::r::;::;:_`_“_':J~“_`.`_'_;'i THE _CHARLOTTETOW G ARI) NIIWG D-All-'Y ,irntng only feuiuuo tan wnkiy (now Evening Dolly) 1887 I CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY, 1-‘EBRUARY 25, 1916 pts. ».. V... ......,.,..., ... ......... T Por Year (Mlllod) in Advance in Can_lda_,and $8.00_for U._l._A. MOST SANGUINARY BATTLE YET IN PROGRESS NEAR IIERDUN FORTRESS inspired by Presence oi Emperor and Led by Crown Prince Germans Sinking all on Attack on French Lines Regardless oi l.iie. Field Piled with German liead. All Attacks llepulsed. (Special to this Guardian.) ‘ LONDON, February 24.--inspired by the presence of the Emperor and led by Crown Prince Fred- erirk William, the German t.roops are engaged in one of the greatest. battles of the war on n. front centering around the fortress ot' Verdun. Attack sue- .-eedcd attack against the i~‘rench lim- aftcr a bombardment incessant and terrific, continuing for several days. Willie thc tlcrmnns have not. b¢~»~n abt.- despito a ruin of shells and furious nnsluughts by infantry, to break the French line, nevertheless the French, on the right and left wings have been compelled to withdraw their lines, re- spectively tn the south of Ornes and behind the town of Samogncux, six miles north of the fortress. Only bc- tween Mallncourt and the let`t bank of the Meuse has there been any diminu- tion in the intensity of artillery fire. With Brabant, Haumont and Samog- neux and the wooded sections north and north-east of beaumont in their possession, the Germans from thc Mouse eastward from Scye are forc- ing the fighting. seemingly regardless of the cost of life. ’l`he French guns have answered the German guns shell for shell and the casualties on both sides are very great. A French otllciul report describes the battlefield be- tween the Mouse and Ornes as piled with German dead. in Champagne at several points and In Argonne Forest German works have been pounded by the concentrated tire of French guns, while in Lorraine the' French repulsed a German recon-l uitlteriug party which attempted to capture a French post north of Si Martin. . Ou the second line near Ilulluch, the British exploded e. mine and occu- pied the crater, they also bombarded German trenches near Frellughien Boesinghe. On the Russian front, from the Riga region east of Galicia there have been engagements at various points. No great results have been attained by either side. In tho Caucasus, Petro grad reports that the Russians con- tinue t.o successfully press hack the Turks. The usual activities by Aus- trians and Italians on the Austro- ltalian front continue. A French ulr squadron dropped a large number of bombs on the out- skirts of Metz, a big fire being ob- served ufter the attack. Ofliclai announcement has been made in the Japanese diet, by the Minister' for Foreign Affairs, that Japan does not intend to send troops to aid the Russians. Earl Derby has accepted the chair- manship of the joint army and navy board which is to control the British air service. President Wilson in it letter t.o Senator Stone, chairman of the Seu- atc's Foreign itclalions (lominlttoc, announces in regard to the movement of Congress to favour warning Ameri- cans from taking passage in armed merchant ships, that he will not con- sent to any abridgment of the rights of American citizens in anv respect. In announcing thc stand of the United States in the situation, President \Vil- son says, the honour and self-respect of the nation is involved. Wo covet peace and shall preserve it at any cost but the loss of' honour. (Special to the Guardian.) PARIS, Feb. 24.-The Temps in its military review estimates that the Germans are employing on an average teh infuntrymcn to every three feet of front where the attack is fiercest north of Vcrdun, and that is over a line eight miles in length between Brabsnt and Ornes. The reviewer maintains that the oporationsmre not necessarily preliminary to an attempt to besiege Vcrdun, but comprises an attack upon a wide i'ront of which Verdun forms part of the rear support. The attacks, he declares, are still held within the first line works, while there are three other lines at strate- gic intervals behind the first. These lines are more solidly constructed and more elaborate in their nature as work on them could be done at loisuro with- out the workers being within range el' German tire. _...L-,-_-, ,.» -,»_-,-,_»,- -,__-_-f _- -_-,- _-C-_A _...A -_-_-_-_-_-_-,A _.. COMFORTS FOR . OUR SOLDIER BOYS A Good llesponse Yesterday ._.____-____..__- Fourteen Subscribers buttons Yesterday, sent in their (Bontri- and the Fund now Reaches $531 and Ten Pairs ol Rubber Boots. This means 143 Boys are Provided lor.. but. there are still 957 out in the cold. Please send your Subscriptions at once io Mr. A. W. llyntllllao. Bank, Charlottetown lion. Treasurer. Royal response yes- than fourteen their contribu- Fund. This. pairs of rubber that 143 soldier Before tho n tender tlioro more funds be hoped ln- will hurry up. cannot or even appreci- the regi- Let the in time to the worst ue. A price con- -oud un- boots Oli! fO\l\'i one ated. ment lo Fund bo hand of the Guardian of rubber slderably ‘in less the e In mode than Mid .subscriptions have poppy, $4.00 10.00 8.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 I 1.00 Andrew Mooney, L00 Sewell Robertson. Mrs. aaiu. Peak. S4- Mu.. uovinm-‘, 4- A_ J. nousan, H W. Longworth. Mrs. H. W. Lonsworth. Chas_ H. Chandler. Joseph Francis. Geo. E.Husl1¢s. Mrs. G. E. Hughes. Mrs_ Ben). Hearts, J R. Dinnis. ` Henderson as Cudmore, Hyndmou & Co. Ltd.. G. H. Taylor, A. Friend A. So`ldior's Wife. Mrs. 0. E. Auld. ' Mtn ll3‘;on,Auld. Master o._ Auld. ,Mi-s. A. a. sumo. Miss M. A. 0010.9. Mrs. Jas. Matson. ~ Dr. J. B. Brown. Dr W. J. llollillon tt' -i~"‘.l‘i&‘t»‘ ` ` M. F. Macklin. J. Gordon Mortar. J. IAOIIAI. Alilll L. Mhxlys ' A. 10. Lyon, _‘ Adoiphno liloliiwen. Bt. Paton. ii Holman-'I Uo. Ltd., 1. 10. 10. 8. 1. 4. 4. 10. 8. 10. 10. 4. 'é-»yo\a»=\»»'\-w.»woe¢,,gt'*:*P°.”~_*."*!~’.°’ 2.00. 8.09 to . .€i.cft.;..... ' (Special to The Guardian) PARIS, Feb. 24.-An official com- munication tonight says: We have carried out a concentrated fire on enemy organizations West of Mai- son de Champagne and South of St. Marie Apy. in Argonne destructive fire have been directed against Ger- man works at Flite Morto. lu the region North of Verdun the enemy Icontinned to bombard with the same , intensity on our front from the Mouse up to South of Fremesory. Artillery activity has slackened n. little be- tween Malincourt and the left bank of the Mouse. No infantry action has yet occurred in this region. Be- tween tho right bank of the Mouse iand Orncs the enemy has shown the same activity as on the preceding day and multiplied furious attacks. leaving on the ground piles of dead without succeeding in breaking our front. On both wings we have with- (drawn our line, one part behind Samogneux and the other to the South of Orncs. Our artillery has replied without respite to the artil- lery of the enemy. PIIIIIIIL IIIIIIIIIIII I. II IMIIIIISI. II. S. t (Special to the Guardian.) AMHERST, Feb. 24.-One of Rhodes Curry Co's men, Iiobt. Hopper, while cleaning flre_ extinguishers today was badly scalded about the head and shoulders. He was cleaning the ex- tinguishers hy a steam hose and in some way the young man turned the Isteam on too rapidly and before it -could be turned off he received the full force of the bot steam. He was -removed to Highland View Hospital. The doctors say his case is a. painful one, but expect he soon will recover. SIILIIIEITS Sillllii III ItM.lT.I. HIII The second in the series ot' socials to be given for the benefit of the sol- diers by the different churches was held last night in the Y. M. C. A. hail and was a splendid success. There were about 150 soldiers pre-» ‘ sent besides quite a number of civil- inns and the affair from start to fin- ish was most enjoyable and augurs well for the future of the series. Au excellent programme was rendered, opening with a characteristically in- teresting and practical address by Rev. R. G. Fulton. Solos were given by Miss Smith, Miss Love, aud.Pro- fcssor Hinton, the latter with a cho- rus ln which the audience joined. A reading by Mr. Samuel Profit and piano selections by Prof. Hinton were also thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. E. D. Storns presided as chairman. Refreshments were served during the evening by the ladies of the First Methodist Church, by whom this week's social was given. This will be followed by others under direc- tion or tho other churches in turn. Secretary Clark announced that a French class will be opened next Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, the teacher of which will be Prof. Blan- chard, of Prince of Wales College. , This class should be of great value to soldiers who are shortly 'to tight side by`cide with Frenchman and many of whose comrades at present are Frenchman. A vote of thunk; was proposed by one of the soldiers and heartily carried. ` . Minard'o Llniment cures Colds, etc. runiwi-:AT1u.m, \ =_ TEMPERATURE, TIDE. MooN, ETC. T1-ll] -WEATHER.-Yesterday was fine, clear and cool. The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 21 degrees above aero; at nine o'cloclt yesterday morning it registered 11 above; at nine loot night 8 above. The coldest the previous night was 4 above. - Tho tide will be high this afternoon at 2.14 and tomorrow at 2.49; it will be ‘high tomorrow morning at 3.54 and Sunday at 6.09. . The sun sets this aftemoon ot 5.42 and tomorrow at. 5.49; it rises to- morrow moming at 8.44 and Sunday at 6.43. The moon sets this morning It 0.80. There was a. full 'moon on Friday. rob. mth, at 10.20 p. ia. Jo The lolt quarter of the m n will be on Saturday, Feb. 20th, at 3,24 a. m. ~ 'rho iosrthf-or tbdsy wut ,be ten noun on titty-seven minutes. ‘- _.-|,,..._.-.-_-Annh-n-u ~ If' ._l`0o`»itI‘i'_iii't1,.o|i M09 RW) ,HH ,__ i PRIIOEEIJINIIS IN I THE mtvuvtuis Budget Debate will Probably llontinue Till Tuesday llight. Seven Slpoeohos Delivered Yos- terdoy ouching on the Budget but introducing Extroneous Questions. Several Members Criticlzed the Budget Proposals and Dis- played Lomentnble gnor- once ol’ Provisions of the Act. (From our own correspondent) OTTAWA, Feb. 24.-The budget debate which was to have closed to-~ day is llngerlng on and will probably continue till Tuesday night. Seven speeches were added to the record, and though all had reference to the budget a number of extraneous sub- jects were touched upon. Mr. Hermongilde Boulay, of Iti- mouski, for instance, made a strong anti-semitic utterance in 'which he advocated the prohibition of Jewish immigration. Mr. Alphonse Verville, of Maison- neuve, said that as a labor represen- tative he had changed his attitude toward the war and now took off his hat to every member who had tie- cided to go to the front. Mr. L. T. Pacautl, of Megantic, a Liberal, as well as Messrs. Boulay and Verville, dealt with the bilingual issue and strongly criticized those whom they described as former Na- tionalist members of the Conserva- tive party, whose volte face Quebec would not forget and whose ultimate cbastlsement by that province was only postponed. lion. George P. Graham delivered the chief -opposition speech of the day. Except for commending tho non-participation of the United States in the war, as best for Can- ada.'s interests. he dealt with the budget proposals. _ llc objected to those proposals bo- cause under them wealth and water. he said, escaped. while industry and integrity were "soaked," Ho said that the proposals would tax im- provements, would result in the transference of companies' head of- fices from Canada to the United States to escape tho levy. Mr. Merham presented a state- ment ot apparent inequalities in the operation ot' the tax with regard to n. number of well-known Canadian companies. lt transpired that Mr. Graham was in ignorance of the announced inten- tion of the Finance Minister to de- fine capitalization in such a way as to prevent undue advantage being taken in cases of over-capitalization. The Finance Minister assured Mr. Graham that he had already inform- ed the House of this. This the South Renfrew member denied, but on re- ference to page 1047 of Hansard Sir Thomas White's statement made on Tuesday last appears. Another example of opposition ignorance as to the meaning of the budget was given by Mr. D. D. Mc- Kenzie, of Cape Breton. who talked of a tax on illuminating oils "which gave light to the workingmen.” The tariff resolution specifically exempts illuminating oil. Mr. Graham sub- mitted a list' of companies with their capitalization and the amount of taxes they would pay to show that there would bc discrimination. IIONDEN SEI# A U8. T00 LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION ONE CENT per word each inser- tion for advertising in this column Cash must accompany orders. Mini- mum cbarges,_tweuty-fl__vo cents. “IDEAL” SAUSAGES ALWAYS ON hand at Holman's, Charlottetown. BOY WANTED-APPLY 188 QUEEN . St. 7282-2-10Mtf. CARPENTER WORK OF ALL KINDS done at short notice. Gerald Hansen 22 Upper llllisboro St. 7510-2-25M2ipd. FOR 8AT.E-16 CORDB OF FIRE wood; also a-quantity of good fir shingle wood. Everett Stevenson, _North River. 7520-2-25m2ipd. WILL THE LADY WHO TOOK BV .mistake a pair of button boots at the St. Dunstun's kate instead of her own, kindly return them to 129 Elm Avenue. FOR BAi.l,- 1V, SHARBS iN TFTE Central Fox Co.. Ltd.. will be sold at a borgoin. lteolou ot selling porty`going on overseas service. Apply Box 103 Charlottetown. 7889-2~10Mtf. FOR §Al.E¢ A FROTEOTOGRAPH check writer. This machine wu novor need and is something that every person using hooks should ~ have, con be leon ot any ttmo, by ipplying ot this ofllco _ f 7008-24-llitt. WANTi5 A1’ ONCE- TWINTY- an bright young men for the sig- nalling section of the 105th _Over- asoa Battalion. C. E. F. Apply Lieut. Crockett at the Armourieo or to the Adjutant or the Recruiting Ollicars. 7403-8-MMS! Munras Ltntmni-oomqomttn em ammo |.|Iimm out-no otpmeru. REPORTS SUBMITTED AT MEETING OF DAIRYNIEN’S ASSOCIATION 4 ......,_-.-_?.¢,,.___ tliiicers Elected lor Ensuing Year. Excellent Address oi Secretary. interesting Comparison ol Ilairy Output for 1914 and 1915. Result ol llerd Competition in the Three Counties. ` At Weduesday's meeting of the Dnirymen's Association, splendid pap- crs were read by Mr. W. M. Lea on Most Economical Foods for.De.iry Cat- tle and a general Survey of the Dairy lndustry by Prof. Ross, which brought out a profitable discussion from Messrs. W. J. Gibson, C. J. Cook, Prof Reek, Prof. McCready and others. At the close of the meeting the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year. Pres-J. A. Dewar. Vlcf+Pres.-W. J. Gibson. Instructor--F. T. Morrow. Sec'y Treas.-(J. E. McKenzie. Auditor--it. II. Jenkins. The election of Directors resulted as follows: Hon. Pres. Hou L. McDonald East Point. PRINCE COUNTY W. M. Lea, Victoria. Ernest Ellis, Tyne Valley. QUEENS COUNTY W. J. Gibson, Marshfield. J. H. Simp- son, Bay View. David McDonald, Glen- flnnan. - KINGS COUNTY P. .T. Mullally, Gowan Brae. J. A. Dewar, New Perth. Following is the report of the Secre- taryz- Gentlemen,-We have passed anoth- er mlleatone on our journey through life, and as has been said in the addresses you have just heard we have passed through a year of’ the greatest struggle for right and justice tho world has ever seen, and 1 think you will all agree with me when I say the Dominion to which we belong has. and is doing “her hlt" toward the one great end, viz., tho destruction oi' mllftarlsm and the start ot' the better period in the history of the world when, as Burns truly says, that- " Mun to man the world ov'r Shall brltbcrs be for a' that." Returning to the business of the hour, wo are here to examine the re- ports of work done in 1915 and to devise ways and means for the ad- vancement of the dairy lndustry in o\\r Garden of t.bo Gulf. During the past year your Associa- tion, acting in conjunction with the Dominion Department of Agriculture, held a series of picnics, where the patrons of creamerios at St. Louis, Egmont Bay, Tryon, Crapaud and Dunstaifuage and their friends heard instructive addresses from Mr Barr, Mr MacKay, Dr P. C. Gauthier and other leading men on the care and production of milk and creain, and I am sure all who attended were per- fectly satisfied that there are greater things ahead for the industry. As a result two of our largest creamerles have adopted cream grading; and while hero let me make a suggestion that a like series of gatherings be held among the different choose centres during the coming summer. lt is a pleasure for me to have to report an increase of the amount of milk and financial returns for the year, and I think with thc gradual change to wintel' dalrying, when farmers can have their cows freshen in autumn they will be better able to raise their young stock in a thrifty eonditiorTTind be in just as good a position to supply milk to factories and creameries in summer. One thing is very noticeable when going over the returns, viz.. that our smaller factories are all or nearly all slowly going to the wall. and 1 think that we should turn our atten- tion toward centralization and in this way cheapen the cost. of manufacture. Another thing that I find in our rc- turns is that the sections of the coun- try where our farmers have taken up (and stayed with) cow testing, the amount of milk per cow is increasing and hence the farmer is more prosper- ous. Brother farmers, 1 would say. take up the scales and testing and “ Stay with it," as success to-day is based on actual results.” Let. us go into farming and dairylng on a proper business basis, keeping a credit and debit on your cows and in fact all your stock in trade. If we do this l may say we will have no need to fear as to the future of our island. Then let us take weighing, testing and co-operation as our motto for the future and I am sure it will spell success. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. Milk Supply. lbs. 23.803007 25,774,151 1,971,144 For cheoso, 1914 For cheese, 1915 Increase For butter, 1914 For butter, 1915 'Decrease 14,045,311 12,110,835 1.934.476 517,848,318 37,884,986 Increase 36,668 Butter and choose, 191-i Butter and cheese, 1915 Gross Value of Output. Cheese. 1914 1915 ’ $313,232.81_ 327,700.04 increase $14,467.73 Butter. 1914 1915 $164,156.11 151,064.49 Decrease $13,091.62 a Butter and Cheese. $477,388.42 478,764.53 1914 1915 ga . Nei Value to Patron. 1914 1915 1914 1915 1911 1915 increase 1914 1915 ~ increase 1914 1915 Decrease 1914 1915 < Decrease 1914 1915 1914 1915 To- Prlzc Grant By- (The But PSO. tor. Butter and Cheese. $ Cheese. lluttr-r. Cheese. l'iut.icr. Receipts. Pro. Government Grant Dom. (tovernment Grant Expenditures. $25-4.109.Ri 265,623.84' increase $11,513.9t; $139,016.59 129,511.12: Decrease $9,504.14 i 393,126.41: 395,135.-i\ $2.009.0: Patrons Supplying Milk. Number 2,415 2,48s To 1,670 1,511 155 Butter and Cheese. 4.08.9 3,999 89 Gross Value Per Patron. - $129.54 131.31 lacrosse $1.77 $83.24 85.71 increase $2,4’,` RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. Balance in bank, Dec. 31, 1914 $127.32 Arrears of Assessment, 1914 Assessment, 1915 266.45 376.15 130.01 I 300.041 300.00 $1,499.92 Arrears F. T. Morrow’s salary, 1914 $400.00 C. E. Macl{euzie's, Sccy. 100.00 F. T. Morrow's salary, 1915 725.00 Prize awards, 1915 145.00 Direct.or's expenses, etc., 1914 56.69 F. T. Morrow. postage 1.88 Advertising 2.70 Director's expenses, 1915 34.? Exchange , 0 Balance 33.7!- lncroasc $l,:l7ti.lt $1,499.92 " ` Hsso comssrtrton Fon vents 1915. Competitor and Address. l-C. M, Howntt, Kensington 2-Fred Clark, Victoria 3-W. 13. Callback, Victoria 4-W. M. Lea, Victoria 5-Jas. E. Howatt, Cape Traverse 6-Fred Leard, Albany 7-Emmet Hughes, Shamrock 8--James E. Dawson, Albany 9-Howard Callbeck. Albany 10-Joseph Fell, Albany ' _ __,.._,,_ .,,,,‘ ' ., ,,,_“,_, "|QT1\>4»o¢~a»-a -H. W. Best, Crapaud -Jas. 0'Connor. Clinton -(7. E. McKenzie. Milton --ftonald McDonald, Emerald, R.R. Il.. A. McKenzie, Cavendish -Walter Buntain, S. Rustlco -13. H. Newsome, Kingston *RICO 1-John C. Campbell. Red Point U PRINCE COUNTY. 11551' "` Pcrceiitagf- Numhr-r Factory. of Fat. of Cows. Kensington 3,7 ti Crapaud Ii.f. 10 Crapuud 11.50 5 tlrapaud I0 Tryon _ 8 Tryon ' 7 Emerald 7 Tryon it Tryon it Tryon 5 QUEEN'S COUNTY. gsapatnwaszc %~l@Z>~l`l -rs ?‘?".°°§'°l-AI* was-x=s.> .-4 -rao».\e;'\:n~x Crapaud 3.75 Kensington Dunstatfuage Emerald Stanley New Glasgow Cornwall . . »‘ is-1; ,. ,.. vt ’ ta. ",-'- sv. _'i .I -ei :-4 '-33 >> if J-‘ . If 4 “I >: ty; :|t,_t . . _ .;-'_ `~v_T.¢,;‘-._ _.f -.-31 -1- =-»,-._-_ ' “"“":`_4J_1:¢.¢;-‘q.“».»""‘::»y;f ..=..t..‘."’._.» nf- .;.:.- fu"-.4 ti ,_ . _ ,‘ i ,Q 1 to; I 4 . 1.' t ' I ' ` 4 ':. `- ‘L fi . 'It tt att" I ' will ." . , . tt .§ I' lgé v 11.1.. : , .lzzj 114,: 1.. 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