The Guardian is Read Daily by 42 000 People _ »_- edits. Sworn Circulation Statement Fumished Advertisers wifi mmnNH _ / _ l0W a--_ _ Y Y _er Year delivered) in advance ' v ' ' “.17 »_g. _’ "Y yY it _'tvs _ y s. .... __~l____ L \_A Enormous Co _ 4 , PARlS. March 7.--German into attacks have been. greatly Iucrea t but we were imma WEDNESDAY 1916 l,';_'§g :er vw finalise) in -Auvqme in egngaggg es.oo_`¢»_» g'_l._e_.__a. No -Lei Up io iiie German iirive I lor llliillly Slweessllll Gt ._ _ in ol Prince Edward Islands liepori uni 20 Vcrilun. They have Captured liiosi Progressive-_ l; linens Discuss the Problems page 3 pop ol-tant Points at lor the Dcvelopineiii' oi the_ Province Along the §¢n|i|-mam", two Unimil st. s ' _ /Lines of its _ilarloiis Activities, and Decide to Nom in Nm __D_______ _ Urganize a Progressive Association to Keep the S reme Interests ill the Island in the Foreiront lvl' dlntely thrown out in c . f u sed The recapture by the Germans of a _ _ , F eucil ln Cham ~ . .- d northwest of Verdun between Bethan- position from ‘the ‘ilk G “ - ‘ _ ' _ “ “ ° ° “° V I il es ions aide and lllscussc (Special to the Guardian.) n N court and the Messe and the Germ have made a gain in that impo sector, getting a foothold in Corbe Loie. _ 'l`ho.ofhclai statement by the olilco tonight made the admission _declares all othor attacks in that glon wore repuli~lod,. Tho toxt of statement roads: “in Argouuo._ln the region of A court our special gulls shelled (ler aeroplane which foil within our I Two uvlatorg who were wounded w uiadu prisoners. 'West of Mo bombardment with big shells cont ed with great' intensity. in course of the day thc oncmy m lied his infantry actions betw D Bethilncourt and Mouse. These tnclts were repulsed except lil hold East of Mouso whore was violent artillery action, lil ll oumont woods, the Gcrmuns silcce _d _ _ , ‘ i\¢‘¥ llowevcr that it had not been Col. i '_ _ of ihc Llluirninn, in introducing tho in entering a redoubt from which were ejected by our counter attn lu Woevrc the enemy occupied village of` Fresuos after un el\gilse~ vltalizc and animate that depurtme ti\u~ ilonenzollern redoubt position against t 8 German bombing Bunk” T110 COHIUFCHCU llflllllti by the Gov-t our industries but made u strong up-I erul “til ll§’.“§.‘$§3-.§l’...i‘°.‘iiI.‘t ‘;..i’3.§“i.?.§ I.”J‘.'.ii‘.§‘..‘i;l ;_';§>,',<;_;,”,‘;; *;,;,;'Y,}_“;5; ‘;§‘§';:‘"“°,° “fl ut of the war the Gorman fleet would be Ex_Maym, Lyons ltwesidgd :lui ;,°‘;_ Cor found to have been greatly augmented Mam,Ds0“ smoke briefly ousnnigg' uw_ beaux woods whore he gained infect and expressed tho hope that the Bri- object and aims of me Co“ful_C“cn_ e i, - _ uril- been carried out to t c u o rd mllronlents llc clearly lntiluat l . . ck. Churchill urged the risappoilltulent the Baron Fisher lo the_Admlralty to ment which cost him serious losses. __._._----~- ln Vosgcs wo bombarded euutonl, ' ments at diifcreubach, oust of M' hi 0 bacb, and enemy trenches In the rc of Wattwiller. `l.oNnoN. Maron l.-oriving infra l against the French lille northwest at ‘ | u - glon ld us llavt-b'een.~enabled_ to ma e _ ` ` r-emo (Special to the Guardian.) southeast of Veriiun, the Ger k edditlonali --»-- 11 ‘ ' i:nIns_towa.t‘d Verdun but with ext ly lisa y casualties accordlns to P illli 2X5, to southeast portion of beaux wood, dir ctiy south of Fo has boon- occupied by the Gul -n through strong infantry attacks wi ll svecnfproceeded by extremely heavy hornbardmente. ' Tile town of Fre nos ln Woevre has also been captured. German attack was over the en front west ol? Mouse, extending tr Bethancourt to the river, but e x in Corbeaux wood at Hill 266. French held back the attackers at rgog of Artillery at Cllnrlottetown, con null nuts, an about two hundred mon lsnlnnwnulnn “Ut ln the casualty 'list issued at Oott in the British House of Commons _ vo Col Winston Spencer Churchill for- 'fllxuéggalgggxfg;f5fg°Br';3fui°f‘::§`°"?§ n mei- First Loi-il or the Admiralty, low coumcr Bugggsmm Lforwiigc Ines taking issue with A J Balfour the pre-l `mvcmpmem_ and expansion of ere sont First Lord of the Admiralty has its reS0m.wB “wr me Wm, was ax? “`:`1;rf)?,‘§v§:f“‘§n:|h°’l;\‘;‘d'::l‘;:Lt§e hold in the Council (liluinbcr ycstel-ilnyl the Col Churchill came right from tile' anemoon and eveumg' /nw' mat ‘session commenced at 1: o’clock and i-ro tish progralnme of construction hail* li rll ins ‘ ` sua~so|i. oesinnee. rc-_l first spcnkor, referred to the unavoid- nt. tibia ll _ . . who was detained in Georgetown by peat for co-operation along gen linen in thc interest and ndvallcem of our great resources. llc poln out that one oi thc greatest retard lullilences was tho psrtyisln and j ouslos froln one end of thc island to consider moans of dcveloping resources he took it as an indico that people were beginning to ren and importance than almost nnytl also tlint could be thought of. assist by every means within their wer o spirit of co-operation .for the vallco and progress of the Provlnc Rev. J. .T _ McDonald appealed to u sence of Mr Juana? Hanan Provilleial Govt. to take up the lilo. the sitting of the Supremo Court there. lie called upon Profesncor Reck- to open the conference by it few remarks ` on Agriculture. Professor Rock sold followed taken part in by liir. J. Joseph itcad. ' cnt lcd 981--turns were olltailleil and llnulon SIMIDS lil PllES\|][ _ lib UlIl‘ tllo some lilies, but zldvocnti-il trzillsfer ____._ __ tion. of lobster season from spring to fa the otllcr. -lio_uilld that ns reprus tutivcs of botil parties were pros that cooperation was of greater va inado a strong appeal to everyone Bell, Mr. Al A. l.eFurgey, and Cn rip, 0'l"l‘AWA. March 7.-All order ll Cor- been given to recruit a Siege Butte inns ting of Major. t.‘-nptain, four Llente H _ s ma on Sunday the name ofEdward Dicks “ Georgetown, appears among the won ‘gg _ not only on his own part hut on t nd_; part of others lil Canada and the U ted States. He instanced places in 0 that while the subject that hc intended “ to discuss appertained to Agriculture ,he did not propose to speak on Agri zuiture in its general terms. lie wish- ii to draw their special attention to as the necessity oi and nenoilt likely to ry 'accrue from tho siloptiou_ot sub-soil sig- drainage. Mo -sniil a very large pro- n- portion of tho lines; land in the pro- _vinco was rendorod practically useless through luck of drainage. By the ad option of sub-soil drainage all this lu could be re~clalu_ied and lunclo pr table and productive, He said he w ‘not speaking from mere surmise this matter but from actual experlon important strategic positions on the heights of Cole-De-Lolo for possession a of which niimerous sanguinary engage ' THE \VEATHER from 300 to 500 per cent, as the res th Battalion. lot the introduction of drainage. 'l‘ __,_____------_-* - l=i§i-issues. Mr A. J.'M`cF§dy'on introduced most interesting discussion on the dustrles ofthe province. At the D set he referred to thc wisdom of 4: voillllg it collfewllco of that killtl ullallllllg the ilii'i`cri-.nt iuterost.=l colno iogetllel' to discuss what could he done lil the way of fosto ml the IlltlliStJ‘I0n W0 tllrvtltly l\iWl‘f “lid they might docilic upon. lic nssurc oil-\ ‘\0V0I°D1l\i5 “GW 0l\CS» 110 S9030 0" I the conflzreucc that his services in tll as` tho great opportunities there were in for making' l’.E. island one of thc ce greatest ilslllng centres in North he America. He pointed out one ot' two np of the difficulties that retarded pro- ' ‘i ~_ fi . puma' Th” me French sun occupy ed' Ho W" attach” w me S`xt°e“° tarlo where the value of land had riséh %\§;slB“I°&h‘£;f ,Ill€’);gI€;’?g‘(£°;,g5i°§l“;??I§;;' |in which wouhtkeep the fishermen lt B ' ‘Ley employed throughout the whole ol' the ' - ' o ell. and . Many ii uable S. g i M ent farther forward ju Argonne forest, an A bl h H th t i C \ aaléx the expulsion oga sgngl British detach- ‘ “'00 W C 68 HOU WGS 0 0 0- - ment rom cap ure erman trenches \ h i € A i ea of Vermelles are related in e ‘. u _ north st war the latest German ofilclal reports. but Tho British are defending the famous me ' ' . II _ ' ,. ma ¢ long time before a new brand con make its wuy lil tho market, but l lndustry properly prosecuted lt woul ing tru-l the pcopli: of thi: provillcc. Oni Mr Morrison of Tigllisll spoke :tio li’/-U ` as ill his opinion loiystcrs were ai the lue .‘ bust then and fishing i‘_nuld be iznrrli llllii _ oil ill lllllcil more case zillil comfort l Illttllosc ciliployeil ill it. I0 Mr A, E. McLean supported t D0~ views of Ml' Agnew and said curing iid' our own fish and development of t 0- provllluc as il fishing centre would Ull>’suli_ lil vastly illcrellsing our popul Wil' tion and atldlnl.; to the wealth nu of tile drainage. .\ general illsciissioul prosperity of the province. U- Dr l’l<~_r<:e. Aulcricnn Consul, comp Pl- lncnted the province on being able vonfcrcllce. where men of nil parti ll‘ lilly enterprise and that was publioi “lid 1 lic was u great believer ill ndvertlci LU and llc had llleuiis ut his disposal b fill!-5 in curryliig oil any publicity eampul of tllcln. TRANSPORTATION. if private capital were invested und th not be long before remuueratlve rc- s l (lf `l7\ 0 .. _ _ he tives tabled thc resolution before l V9' This action loaves the President f hold such an important and valuabl and views could exchange opinions f the purpose of helping in the develop- ’ ii mont and expallsiollof tllo comnicrclal INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION l“' interests ot the province. He sn ui’ there was one thine; necessary tn hcl o GH assisting the province very material Irespect were at the disposal of tl province should it care to avail ltsc Mr Nelson ftatteubury spoke on t _which the car ferry would introdu ‘into the province and showed wh expense of introducing sub-soil tlmmn :ical when our waters were p ` H tl for BUESGSUMI illeflllf-l 7-1131 C005-l U6 l\d0Dl»0d that would nleau Ill the devclopinc slblllties, espn ments have been fought. Occup of a portion of Cobeaix wood vi' indioo e thai. the Germans nilvan over three' miles. Since they took town Fosges the Germans suecee ln penetrating a Frencll reilouht in ooNDENsia\D Aus. q 'too LATE FOR -__»s-I9 QENT word each _QNI ‘_ per tion for advertising in this cownn _-___,.._ _,__,,_,.........-_. CLASS[I`IOA'l‘l0F s tion _ ’ mud TEM I’EItA'i`URE, the dad --°-“ - the TDRONTO, March' _ a or rain. - cloudy with snow at night. ‘ In sr~ Ini- °°“ rms. nloolv. or ~ (Special 'io tho Guardian.) o B-M ritim Strong breezes to moderate gales mo ly east and south. occassional silo THE WEATHER Yesterday w The highest temperature record was 20 degrees above ze yesterday At nine o'clock yesterday morning ' B age would be about $9 per acre an ‘ to make this practicable i-ie thought ` gg gm- agricultural D05 lt0Nli‘l, Murcli 7.-'Fwcniy-live lnnn Di-isntlilouglits have loft iilcl. cording to information received ll This dispatch was held up by tile tlsll Consul' for two days. Allothcl- despatch was iilcii in dun today said a fleet of twenty- German ships was observed Mon cruising in the North Scsi. lt was ded that the vessels approached fro tl ill I . ,, - _ - lncllt nrronliao on li=iioii'r in cnllnoueiown _riio limo s rl ini-1 clan ' - . , _._ ..~i. German Ships have ironi Kiel lmciis but Great Activity _ l . h Sea. ' ff' __ff'ff`__'_`."_'."f"_`I_Z_"3 Ger- tho Nortliosst und liil/er dissappenrcri c- into the Northwest. \ ore. _-- Bi-l~ (Special to the Guardian.) 1, LONDON, March 7.-Despite report Lon- from ltonle that twenty German drenil me nougllts had come into the North Sol day from the base in the Kiel and other reports which seemed to indicate sur-ll ml' n. ulovcjnent, there is no otilclal infol~ ln mation. _ _ l -v-_-t-:.~;:.-.~_~.~_».~:;~.-~_~.~.~:_»;_ _~. _-_-_-_-:~.-,~_~.~_-_».~. _ ll. S. EUNGHESS c d ll 1. _ iii (Special to the Guardian.) ll lil llllllllllil Sllll _ullsii slnlln _ It l.()NDt)N, March 2.-' The Britizh stcunivr Thorllaby is reported to have llcoll sunk. All the members vi ly » - » _ _ ,_ . . v' AMHNG FUN' Md" h 7' B’ " ‘£21 the <:re\v having been killed ol' iirowl - l t iff" the llouso of rcprese of hotly which sought tu warn Alucric ‘C from travcllllg on zlrlued lnerohantm “` to continue his Siilllnurllle ui-go ‘1 tions with Germany. li ,..,.......--»~,..,_....-~...,._.......,....., t0 c to represent each t'o\\nty'.-l{lng's os li. ll. Mohcilu; ' Queens. Ml- .I. or Ross; Prince, lilr Nell l\icLooil. il _ p Mr W. K. Rogers resumed the y. cushion oil transportation. deal g more especially with intel'nnl tmllsp i I il gn and he thought that during tho p il your they had the best roads for n at time ilnrinl: the lust twenty-livc yea lc llc refcrroil to the ndvisabllity if adopting uloderll lufnlllrl of trunspu tion, such us by motor trucks. A ginnlug could bc made betwe truck costing $2.000 <-oulil be ntl] ¢,- and could do foul* round journeys eu day nt an expeuso of one gallon no petrol. llc also pointed out the nt visullility of encouraging tourists, a ntl the best way was to encourage cw illtroductioll ot' automobiles. of lion. J. A. lilacdonnld said with ll improved transportation faclliti that mx; _ a file Tllorllaby was owned in Wi-...L Hartlepool. Enlnnil. Her gross ton lingo was 1782. Silo was built i__ ff; lass, and 25s rect long. _ Tile Thornaby sailed on January if I from Sunderland. England for Psalm- lno Sicily. ' Althou ll thc British censorslfp S Mr prevents tronainlsslon of details coll- K_ cornlng the reported sinking of tim. Tllornnby, the reference to the mein- , hors of the crew probably being killed or di-owned, indicates she was sunk I by a mine or a torpedo. The German .mf and Austrian decrees regarding thi- in sinking of armed mcrchuutmen. with- I! out warning, wont illto effect at mill- ur- of tation. llc said, ilu-t the inuln arteries llllilll- T710 '1`\lUl'l1H~IJi' ‘S “ie flflfl V-‘F * ‘V of U-auspm-muon was by im. I-,,,,¢,=,_ sei, whose sinking has been roportvfl ML since thc orders became operative. bill. ,. tho London despatoheg does not indi- ll. ,-,,_ cate whether sho was armed. or will of ther she was sunk before or after thc ,~,_u_ opcrutilig ol' thc inontll. ho- --=---'°'*'“- SENTENCED T0 PRISON en lluntcl' ltiver and ltustico. zl motor TERMS BY GERMANS ized W, l\1\ls'rslto.-ull. via Loudon, nlercll :z :EL -According to the Echo Beige, o Gol- nlali court marshal lu Brussels hu.= sentenced two Belgian priests and two civilians to imprisonment, with har-l 8 labor, for treasollable acts against th-.~ 1 German adminstratlon. Tile Rev. (, this purpose he recommended the de- velopment of our owll enormously rich l-lint t\\B i\_SIlIIlg i1ld\lBlI‘>’ WHS €SS9“'l clay gems Whig), were at present be1ng` tially ono for wllicli immigration was sneglecieqy Hgqmd Bent aamplesqgfleulted. Tllere was sufficient wealth our clay to Ottawa for testing and ex-. $1110 0mPl0Yl1l@\\t ill it If DFDDCPIY DUT- and Scotland and showed that wc h e:_ perimontlng with and the reports no Sued to urvvldo cmul0ylu<>\\t and N' st. had roogivod were to the effect that for muilerlitloll to keep men oi’ suitable W the manufacture of tile drains, for roof- CINS all UW 3'0" |'0““l1 Wh" “'0“\‘I ing pm-pope; and fm- wo,-kt, of "fr not bccoule li burden oil the com- BS our clay could not be excelled ni\y.lrinlnlty ns scluetlulcs happened when - where, T119 pmgpgct was time befor-U nleilpwero brought to the provinces to ed_‘ very long these clay fields would he v11t__the adv _ __ ta¢~in this column ggshmuot accompany orders. Mini anim chemin welll-1~_llve*eents. _ ' 'vnomo-Cochin Baie,Cnrter's Book Store. Saturday; starch 11th. 76886-Bhlti. cow done eutlebis IIIUPB ---'-_-"'”"°’f _ _ progress. tho flrs oss - Minardw Llnlmenl curse Dleiempai-._ lsieotory drainage and lrrigatlonnna -Inn-iutrse pilrt. or our provlnolo the gifs? smell 0 4 stop 'to-a satisfactory sett _ " tlloilo problems was tntroductionoof with Will'f.‘ und of fresh Bill l Canada lt* W for thlv gl~i-.ntost development of the tho interior liourta presided over n large ntti-nil said tliroc ance. Ilo rot`crro