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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-3-16, Page 5, Farmers! .00!0!!!!w000piyuw!foixopp141101711116M19141.0.4,119.1140y.f.MAI Now is the time to buy wire fence be-. fore it aiivauces in price. Let me quote you on your needs in the following lines, - All kinds of Lumber fr dresEed ot rough. $hungles, Lath, Cedar ,71renen Posts, 8 ft lorg, 9 31t long and 10 ft long. .44 Cement, Wall Board 'and Heady RoOfing, A. J. CLATWORTHY GRANTON ARE YOU GOING WEST?. .'Grand Trunk Railway System will run 1 llomeseekers' Excur= sions EA.011. TUESDAY " ;March7th to Oct. 3isi. • •" (Inclusive) 'Tickets valid to return within two enon'the inclusive of date of sale Winnipeg and return $35 Edmonton and return $43 Proportionate low rates to other points Manitoha, Saskatchewan & Alberta Fuji particulars and tickets an applic- ation to agents. CENTRAL eavv mtno. 4 Yon can secure a ea Position • e -0 an If you takea course with us. The e rde...mand upon us for trained help et is many times. the number grad. tutting. Students are • entering • ee • each week. You may enber at any * 4' time. Write at once for our free e* * catalogue of 'Commercial, Short- r .4* na nand or Telegraphy department.. • D. Ito AicLachlan, Principal 41! *.egtei .23-**-*.b.tiboeut.s.4..00.4*.t. 4,4 octt .,; ' If you really believe in Safety First set a box of Takake pills for Your, athettmatism, neuralgia, or aleepleas- wens, for they are absolutely 4:terra- 1esS. Fifty cenlys a bex at your drug- gists or by Mail from the Georgian Mfg. leo., Collingwood, Ont. • HENSIALL ' 'In Hemphill is eeriorge.y ill with an eittaele of pneumonia. 'Wm. Drew of Goderichi visited Isis siceter. Mrs. N. Warrener this week. • Ile following soldiers from Bente ntil are taking the N. C. 0. colleen; at Clintone-Sidney McArthur, Roes Onougalle Reginald Angell. Then Sher; Rift. Hiram johnsston. • 1Rev. J. P. Knight went to Toronto Jest/ week and took part in the great temperance demonstration. 'White in the Temperance procession, Rev. J. F. Mt:right 'happened to The earn a man atria was *trued: on the face by a :erowdy. That rowdy felt the weiglet eof Mr. Knight'a free which put him -non o•f basin° re or that da..y. Angell -Taylor - A joyous event nook place in ,Cartael therch oa the morning of Wednesday, March 8th. :when Mis ilinry Myrtle Taylor was ,41.niied in marriage with Pte. 11teg:n- aid ot the. Item a 'I PIttoon. The brite and groom were given military hen - tors on enterign end leaving the Aetna -eh, Rev. E. AteL. Smith per- formed the ceremony, the bride being given away by her brother Orville , 'Taylor. Sbe was dread in her travelling suit. The wedding march e ewes played by Mr. Milne, Rennie.• Zouncille3' Racism had a , very close call on Saturday and that he escaped nvithought 'tiny serious injury ie =after Of surprire to all tins: who emderetend• the eiretonstarne. lie W; a 'walking qu'etlY bcthind his se gh and earn when without warning a team cf horses' wretch were ranting away came upon him eo euddenly that he lead no time to escape. Both horses ,one ot them 'panty on top of IDespite it ell he managed to 'escape with, only two cuts, one on the telt tonna, nee other elcae to tbe left eye:. Mena he moped. eel well iseems almost entire culotte. Crediton Mien Madenne BePctrand 1nU netterine ear hinny' after a neer Weak% niieCtl in troi t, Mr. J. IP, Brown had the misfort- uneO tailing on the sidewalk end breaking' hie arra. Bev. J. G. Litt of Berlin. bold the quarter", eervicas in the •;Evangel- ical church on Sunday that. Iffene Aaron Brown tof IBLennothe ire visiting her pareuts Air. and. Mrs, Gotterey Geiser for a few day, Mr. Michael I3eaver is able to be out( again after purrering front a pew - ere attack or pneumonia. The auction sale of Mr. T. K, Sciee roeder was well attended and every- thing went to a reasonable price. On Friday eaglet our hockey boys drove to Exeter and played a game of hockey. The score being 6- 5, favor of Exeter. - The funeral. pt.' Mrs. Haymaker (formerly 11Irs. Ireininmenn) was at the Credithea' Gemetry, Thursday. March the 9th. Mini and Mrs. Fred Sardo, who have been visiting at the home of Mir. �t. Sweet, intend leaving this week for Mein home in Manitoba. Our 'braes band had an invitatiou tot go to Itaehwood to raeet the sold- iers from Exeter and Itensall on Friday, hat the storm on Thursday night blocked the roads and the tranapt for the soldier was polstponed to Saturdayy March 12th. The Band drove over on Saturday 'and re- ndered several fine patriotic, s:.•thcia fowl. THOS. B. LAWSON PASSES On Monday mornign the [residents of Crediton were ehocked to learn of tte sudden death of Mr. Thoma IL Lawson who passed away after an illness of three days with pneumonia: He was 45 years, 1 month and 3 days old. The decea,esd was born in, Stephen and bas 'been a ;resident of this part all his life. For about 15 years he has 'been identified with the busiress interents of iCrediton, being engaged. in the butcher business. For reveral years he has. also conducted the undertaking business.. Be wan a man hignly .eateemed in the neigh- borhood. He is esrvived by his wi- dow. -whoee maiden name was Sophia Brow, and one daughter{ ' Myrtle. Htsr aged father, Mr. George Lawsee five. brothers and four eisters, also survive, viz:, Mos. J. T. Bedford, of (Creditor' e Mrs. Frank Reeder, of Mc- Gillivray p Mts. T. Wilsen, of London and Mrs. Jas. Woodall. of Crediton; George, Joseph, Edward and Wilford. alf of Stephen and James oE Exeter. The decerieed wne a !Conservative in polities and a member of the Evan - genera church. The 'funeral wan held Wednesdny afternoon. to the Creditor' cemetery .conducted by Rev. E. E. Becker. ,WHALEN „ Mrs. David Long hes purettesed house; in Lacer. and, is moving there to live. Iffien Verde Knowles of Blatishard spent a fen •days here the guest of Miss( Bertha Batten.: nor . nfre anc::ltVrs. Wriight eetertained a . number of yOunn -people of the organized clans, at their home on Friday eventen of last week„ . ;Clareace gen of George Millson hers enlisted with the 135th Company r.ow training in Parkhill. also Oscar Morley. married, .Itte joined the 110th Battalion at Stratford. The W. M. S. held their monthty meeting et Mrs. Samuel Gunning% last Thuraday. A large number vere I present and a bale of clothing was prepaxed and peeked for the soldiers. Men. Itieh:ard and. John ;Curtin of Michigan and Mr. Terry McGee of Detre% were bore neat week attend- ing the inaextal of their brother Jas. McGee who wee buried at the 11; C. teemetere .near Lacer., en Thursday. Hector 1Willson rspeat the [week- end in London on businees. Gertiie Sutherba has engaged for the summer with Mrs. Henry Hern. Moe. Alfred Gunning spent the pest week with her eister Mrs. Sutherby. Prof. Brown of Toronto Universitj Le expected to pneeth. here next Sur.- dat. Mit end Mas. Archie Chittick @pent Friday at Mr. and Me. Albert Gur.- Mtgs. Mr. and • Stns. 'Wilbert Millen. spend Tuesday with his coursit Hector at 'Whalen. ItUSSELDALE . Mrs. A. Horlgert and (laugher Marie end Mr. Kermetn Bodgert, of Stant f rd, were guest at, the home of Mr. John Bray, of Forquhar oa Sunday. Mr, FL C. Facev atteteded the pt•es- entation of the mra ster•petition to Premier }learnt held in Toronto on Wed uesday. A. reer uiting ;wetting will be held in the 0. 0. C. F. hal on Fridey Eve A n umbel'. of speak ere will be present, to address the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Devid Dow attended the funeral of he late Bugle Kennedy of Staffa. on Tueeday. . elessee Alex ani James Fraser held a very enjoyable patriotic danee in the 0. 0. U. F. hall on Friday Eve. A very pleasant t ime tt as spent lay those preseet. Clear "The young lady was very flattering to you. What Was she talking abOut?" "She is selling tickets." 'Wbat for?" coneert she is giving for a ben& tit to borself,° "Did you buy seiner Headed. 11,LN 0.4 "Why "I abstained as a benefit to irsyseif.r. Usborne Council Cottrien met is Teeettehin Hain Mr. Atlk. All the members were preseett. The minutes et the last meeting were read and approved. • number of communications were read and filed, • A. resolution was unannourely ton opted petitioning the Mixeeler of Melitia to eatabliatz a Mobilization Ottani at the 'Caine Grounds, Cictierich for training the Men serving iu the 13atta1ions raised in and adjaceut to the 1County of Huron. The Engineer% 'Report en Brecle Creek Brain. woe read. antl after con,. sideratioxt adopted, By -taw No. 5, 1916, 'providing for the construction of Brock Creek Drain according to plans and specifications or the report was provisionally ad- opted. The asseasmente iinpoted by said By-law, to be 'collected in lull with the first rates colleoted after the final passing of the By-law. 13y -taw No. 3, 1916, providing for and regulating the performance of Statute Lahor, and denting the Me- lee of Pathmasters was pressed signed end liealee, & few small accounts were elapsed and ordees i 'sued in payment. Goan, il adjourned to meet April 1st at one o'clock. It. itiorley, Clerk Stephen Council The Council of the Tawnship of Stephen convened in the Town Han, Crediton, en Monday the 6th day of Marc]l A -D..1916 a tl, p.m All mem- bers were pr i sent. The Mauna of • the previous meeting were read and adopted, 1 Webb -Mawhinney "That the ciente notify the contractor of the conete i ruction of the 'Centralia. Drain to com- plete his •contract as eoea as weather permits to meet the Township engineer". 10arried. ! The clerk reported having received the official Insult of the vote po,led in th.e P. V. o:f Dashwcod on the 14th of February from Andrew Nufser, the D. n. 0. being 55 for land 1 againet the by-law to authorize the borrow- ing of $1632.00 by the enue teed eile of Debentures to provide for the ,cost cn a ,pllant to distribute ele'etric pow- er to be s pplied by tat Hy dro-Electa xio Power coiruniseon or actor:0. Neeb-Love: "That by-law No. 227 !to eternalize the 'borrowing of $1632, by the issue and side of debentures to provide as aforeeaid be now read the third time and finally passed and signed by the reeve and clerik and the real of the corporation attached thereto". Carried. In was resolved that the Municipal Coral:tell of the Town:hp of Stephen respectfully' petition The Horerir- able the Mininer or 'Melina to ,stab - need a Mobilization Camp at Godernh for the veining ce: Cour or recree 0'e - seas Bateadaes; this caned]. being strongly of the opinion that the camp ground at G.ea.rrach offers a verY &LIU- able place for tech camp and ire a.very way .cotiverdest for the °Veneta, N. Ws and Meeiservine in the Battal- ions paised in and 'adjacent to the County of Hexer • - Webb-Neeb: "That' the auditor's' re-oort ne receeved and Lied with the clerk.'" Carried. - 'The folltaning .orctera wcee ,P4-41ide ..• , • , , Alex. Zimmer, grader • repans; 35c Adeocate•ntg. teo. P.g. acetrunt $15.07 Gee, He,amant 1,915 gravel accountant). 37; Municipal World account tne; Neleon Stanleke, 1915 gravel aecoane $29 25. John W•ithelm, e.hoveliieg anew. Ben 5. P. Rd. ge3,50; Geo. Man egnavel 'contract, 3rd. S. Rd. Bik. 10 $30,00; Henry "Y early. Rep.Mad Pr, ek Bridge $1.50; Jame* Kenny, gravel .contract. Biers. 9-10. C. !Rd. $15.00; Geo. Hepburn, gravel$ 3.25; &Leary Yearly, wood.. $24.00. The council adjourned to ;meet again ill the TOW.11 Hall, 1Crediton, on Monday. the 3rd day of April next tit 1 p. m. when pathmasters, pound - keepers, fence -viewers and inspect- ors to enforce the provisionna of the cow -lag ntyelaw irca' the ensuing year will be appointed. Henry Enber, Clerk B1DDULPH COUNCIL The Council met Maeda 61.h, 1916, per.istenti to 'adjournment, the Reeve and all the members present. Min- utes of lest meeting- were read, ap- proved end igned by the Reeve. The Auditors were present and presented their report which WaS quite satisfactory. A eommunicatioawas read from the erecretary of the Hydro Electric Railway Association, eekitg our Gagn- on to eetition parliament not t3 grant a renewal of charter to Oa 21cKereio and Mama 'Railway Corporatiort. The clerk was instructed to com- municate wi.„h our member it. parl- iament. requestitg, bim to oppose granting a 'charter 1.0 any corpoyat ion for any purpt.'se except for 'Public Utili ties." By-law No. 7, Of 1912 was amend- ed. co that for 'statute labor if paid to tlee road master where ordered ont of $1.00 a day, otherwise $1.25 shall be levied, The following a.ccoants were order- ed to he plaid,- - Mies Aikiram, staticnery for aud- itors 45e; D. 0. Shen, ;shovel ing ,snow Div- 1 50o; P. A. Ryon, auditing ac- counts $15.00; M. Blake, andieng ac- counts $15.00; Mrs. Eli Carter, St. James church Bed 'Oro Patriotie work $25,00; Mrs. (Rev.) Eagleson, Grantone do., 25.00; Mrs. A. Davis, Saintsbury, do, 25.00; Atha 'Bessie Morley, Whalen. do., 10.00; Mrs. Lt. Wilson. Prospect hill, do., 10.0'J • Mrs. W. W. 13aker, Greaten, do., 25. W. D. Stanley, clerk, compiling by- laws, re hydro radial end lend op. tion 3.00; Municipal 'Wold, eleetiori supplies end expense 2.05; fl. T. Stanleye collector, ,salery, 88.00; Ches. Che.ponta,' binding (roll, 2.00; J. Mee- sey. gravel aect., 5.00; 13. T. Bay - craft, eneve, expense re hydro radial meeting 6.0; Do Board of Health 3,00; Do., registering by-favas 3.00. The council adjourned to meet agent on Monday. April -3rd, at 10 ant. W., D. Stanley, !Clerk. , Tbe 1ay council hoard met in be Town Hall on Saturday A ftexmoon, All were prebent. by-law Na '3, 1010, Dashwood Police Yilla3eii“tro Itileetric Power money by.law, was tuaily passed. A resolution asking the Minister of Militia to establish a Mobilization • Camp nt Ooderich for the training of four or more battalions for Overseas service, was pitbsed, F. W. Eatucntub was xe-tkppanted., engmeer for The township alie Prestd- foot, Hilloran & Oooke were Appointed solleitoralor t he township for 1016. Gicants of it* win* made tto 'each or the following:-Tbe National Sanitor- turn for consumptives; Hewett Spring Show and the Zurich Agricultural Society, Tile West, Branch North drain threugh the big Swamp will be in- t•pected. and if necessary the engineer will be called and at rangeinents made to have the ditch cleaned out. A levy of ore milt en): the dollar will be made on the taxable property of township during 1916, the taxes so collected to be for the British Red •Cross Fund. The following pathmasters. sheep valuators, pound keepets and fence viewers for 1016 were appointed: Pathxuasters Division I W. Wolper, 2(, Hawkins, 3J. Patterson, 43, M. Bell, 5 LI, (), Seldom, 0 R. Thompson, 7 G. Geddes, 8 J. Catupbell, 9 R. Macrett: 10 J. B., Ross, 10a A. Ingram, 11 V. Fee, 12 W. Alexander, 12a J. Sarrot, 33,). McMa.hon, 14R. Tinney, 15 F. Corbett, 15a, A Munn, 16 & 20 W Dignan, 17 E. Willert, 17a A. Luker, 13 N, Harvey, 21 J. Rehardson, 21a G. Deters, 22 A, Reichert, 23 & 21 E. Pen -hale, 25 T. Kyle, 26 U. Gram, 27 J. Weida, 28 F. Hagan, 29 A.. Foster, 30 W. Hey, 81 0. Hay, 82 J. Desjardirae, 33 P. Schwalm, 23 J. Dinsmore, 35 E. Rader, 36 ID; Truezuner, 37 Decher, Jr., 88 D, Ducharme, 30 j. j. Smith, 40 John Gesell, 41 G. Gestreicher, 42 G. Becker, 48 H. Walper, 44 0, Siemon 45 R. Geiger, 49 R. Schwartzentruber, 47 F. Willer a 48 L, Sebnmacher, 49 G. Sisenbacb. 49.1 el. Brown, 50 J. W. kiorner, 61 A. Rose, 52 F bi>uomme‘ 53 0. Fisher, 54 J. Gagitetter, 54a L. Kalbf eisch. 55 P. Redone 56 Nelson Denernme, 57 S. Spencer, 58 J. (Aer- ate, 59 G. Turnbull, 60 1'. &hada, COst R. Turnbull; 61 A. Tuinbtul, 63 J. Cocht ane, 64 W. Jarret, 67 W. Finlay 08 C. lee yers 60 H. Howard, 71 A. Hooper, 72, W, Pfaff 73 W. Bieber, 71 D. Snider, 77 R, Baker, '78 L. Willed, 70 W. E Turnbu 1, Sheep • Valuators, ni7 Thompson, Hai.berern0 L \Velem Pound Keepers: J Ross, S Grub, W. S. Johnston, J. Weide, G. Becker, J. Thireic, J. W. Horner, T. Turnbull, and S.Spencer. Fence Viewere: W. Caldwell, J. Pfaff, E. Kropp, ti..Sieb3bach. A. Hen d ricks. The folbvaing arcounf s were passed: nate Te]. 0o„., supplies, $33.75; Bell Tel Go., L 0. T. January,*23.33; A, John- ston and son, weals, etc. $10.30; J. Sepia', opening road $3; A. G. Edig- hoffer, meals etc. $11.90; National Sanit warm $5; Ilensell Spring show $5; Zurich Age; Society $5. The council a limped to meet again on Saturday, April let at 2 o'clock. • F. Hess, Sr., Clerk, 1.11)NO:B..11.0111, FOR 161st Battalion ; • Peet W- 3.,Heanaan. Lieut. Edgar Torrance • Sidney Smith, Hay 13:0. Fred Tucker, Exeter John Kendall Corniab, Eliraville. Hector Heywood, Exeter. Fred Hopkins, Whalen Sylvanus Cann, Exeter Wilbur Pfaff, f; Milton Pfaff • . Harold Bissett Fred Wells Lloyd 'Rivers Austin A. Rice Ernest Collingwood. Albert S. HoJton Wilfrid G. Stewart E. M. Williams, Farquhar Grant Hooper Ttos. Harold Wilkinson, Lumley Cyril Tuckey Ralph W. Batten. Winchelsea Geo. Edward Kellett, Elimville David G. Appleton Garnet Riau, Crediton James 11.. Atairshall Bruce 11. Matthews, Thames Rd. John .0. Lang, London Rd. • W. W. Millman, Exeter Lloyd England, Crediton Gordon P, Culbert, Centralia Earl Henry Hedden, Pend -Rpm liyeld Bert Rivers i Sidney West r Ernest Harvey Ira Taylor , John Willis Ehnore Willis John W. Mallett Walter Harness Alfred Gambriel William Nunn i.orne Cudraore 1Robt. Hy. Passmore B. Earle Southcott 'Marin Cameron Garnet Ford Williams Sims Arva. E. Brokenshire 'William Jeffrey I , I CENT "CASCARETS" FOR LIVER AND BOWELS Cure Sick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness, Sour Stomach, Bad Breath -Candy Cathartic. No odds how bad your liver, stom. ach or bowels; how much your head aches, how Miserable you are from constipation, indigestion, biliousnees and sluggish bowels -you always get relief with CaSearets. They immee diately cleanse and regulate the stern- ach, remove the sour, fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry Off the con- stipated waste matter and poiSon • from the hitestines and bowels. A 1 10 -cent box from youe druggist writ keep your liver and bowels clean; stomach sweet and head clear for monthsThey work while you Sleep. RUSSIANS IN KtRit tives Aro Now 'Sinning alma; Dune in March on treaded. PETROGRAD, March 14n -it is of- niettoUnced that the itusedane have oceupied the town of Killed Persia, in the direetion of leagdad. Ruselan prestige ie ineresteleg leaps and bounds. The fickle tribes of Luria -tan, said to have been bougnat over by the Germans, have been impressed hy 'the eaptuen or t Kermansbab and are now ythedine submission te the Russians. The Tiflis paper, Ray kaz, pubirshee an Interview with the revel:till C'e.fe. tured Turkish Ambaesador in Per- sia, Assim Bey. Assim declared that in his opinion Rusela possessed an Inexhaustible power of resistauce. The calculations of German diplo- macy on a holy war in Persia, with participation of the nomad tribes, had proved an irreparable orror, political mirage tbat would poen fade away, Since there -were no German or Turkish forces on the Persian front and there was no likelibood that they could be sent hither after the Russian saceesses in Armenia, On the Black Sea coast the Rus- sian fleet keeps up a steady fire on scattered detacbments of Turkisb troops, and cruising along the coast shells Turkish transport trains and checks every effort to Wing up sue - piles to the bard -pressed Third Ot- toman army. That the Turks are in desperate straits is shown by the fact that In spite of the presence of Russian war- ships they persist in trying to trans- port supplies along tbe open coast road. The Russian ships sleen bridges that span the river, now swollen lo torrents because of the melting snows, and so riake the final coastal road impassable for the Turks. The want of bridges, however, does not impede the progress of the Russians, who leave the fleet on their flank. MUST PROPOSE PEACE. Germany Must Move, and at Once, Says Maximilian Harden. e LONDON, March 14. -Maximilian Harden is most outspoken in an ar- ticle in Die Zukunft, which has been received here. He makes a strong demand for peaze, and urges that the German Government start negotia- tthns immediately. "Germany," be says, "has heaped victory upon victory. Upon her therefore devolves the duty of mak- ing an offer of peace. Such an offer could only add to, and not diminish, her prestige. It would be proof of her strength, not weakness. Besides, Germany must propose peace, be- cause she is in need of peace. Ger- many is victorious in the field, but in- ternally she is beset -with difficulties. We cannot deny that the prepara- tions for the third harvest are more difficult than for the second. We do not yet leen meat, but we can no longer procure certain raw mater- ials. "Meanwhile, our war expenditure is increasing to an alarming extent. At the end of three years of war we should have lost every one of tbe commertial markets wlaere we had establisbed positions.' which were seemingly unassailable..• . "If Germany waits longer she will find herself reduced to obey the will eet,Z1191; • elitiliee. eiteallegeiateee. Mee- Jet:- .cessary that she invite the world to conclude peace. This invitation may be interpreted as a sign of weakness, but that matters little. If our offers are declined we shall have fulfilled the final clatty which our conscience dictates toward Europe and toward humanity." MANITOBA GOES DRY. Prohibition Measure is Passed by a Majority of Two to One. WINNIPEG, March 14. -By a vote of a little over two to one the Pro- vince of Manitoba yesterday voted in favor of the Manitoba Temperance Act, which closes all bars, wholesale licenses and club licenses through- out the province from June 3. next. Liquor may still be imported by pri- vate persons from outside provinces, and the manufacture of liquor in the province for export is still permitted. These are the constitutional limita- tions placed on the province in legis- lation along this line by the Federal authorities, but to remove these lim- itations a mass meeting -of citizens last night, amid great enthusiasm, endorsed a resolution calling on Sir Robert Borden and his Gover3a.ment at Ottawa to introduce a Dominion - wide Prohibition Act. Bulgars Attack Ron.manians. LONDON, March 14. -The Odessa correspondent of The Daily Mail tele- graphs; An !ngagement is reported between Roumanians and Bulgarians near Lokova (Rahovo?). A Bulgar- ian frontier guard fired from trencb- es on a Roumanian ship which was loading a barge, on the Roumanian zone. The Bulgarians signaled to an Austrian gunboat, which ordered the Roumanian vessels to the Bulgarian shore. The Roumanians ignored the order. The gunboat then fired with machine guns and rifles. The Rou- manian troops replied. There wore many oasualtiee on both sides. Burned to Death in Texas. BRANTFORD, March 14. -That Thos. D. James, an old Brantford boy, had been burned to death in a fire which destroyed his home at El Paso, Texas., was the word received here yesterday by his brother, Simon James. The deceased man left Brant- ford in 1868 and has been engaged in saddle -making in El Paso. He was married and is qsurvived by six children. Churchill Returns- to Front. LONDON, March 14. - Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill, veho had an interview with Premier Asquith Saturday, has finally decideci his place in with his regiment, according to Reynolds' Weekly, Colonel Churchill, the newspaper adds, is understood to have left for France early Sunday morning. ROUMANIA PREPARIN She is Massing Her Troops Along the Danube Front Russ,i,a Continues to Ship in Arms and Munitions and Pact Between Roumania and the Entente Allies Is Woody flEselassed-Olashes Are • Reported Between. Roumanians and Bulgarians. „ ROME, 1Wareli foreert are cencentrated on the Dan - Ube front, where 80,000 laborers are co-operatirig witit the troops in dig- ging treeches. Simultaneously Hungarian forces have massed at Orsova and Vorchio- rove, and are erecting entanglements protected by high power electric cur- rent. On the frontier incidents with the Bulgarians are raost frequent. Sev- eral Routaanian soldiers have been arrested, but they were immediately released. The Bulgarians surround- ed a Roumanian outpost and killed eight soldiers. While these events are occurring on the border, Russia is rapidly sup- plying to Roumania war materials and ammunition. A writer on the Berlin Vossis- che Zeitung telegraphs, according to a deepatch from Amsterdam, that it Is expected that Roumania will short- ly decide in favor of intervention on the side of the Entente. The Rou- manian Minister to Bulgaria, the cor- respondent says, is expected to re- turn to Sofia with instructions, which it is generally assumed will settle the future relations between Bulgaria and Roumania. A telegram from Bucharest says that the session of the Roumanian Parliament has been extended to Mareb 2 &. An agreement has been reached between Roumania and Russia, which is believed to indicate the de- finite decision of Roumania to ad- here to the cause of the Entente allies, according to a Bucharest de- spatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The agreement permite Roumania to reenhase war materials in Ttunna and to transport through Russia war materials purchased else- where. It is reported that Russia has agreed, further, to give to Roumania part of Bessarabia. The renewal of Russian activity along the Bessarabian and Riga fronts is indicated in the official statements issued at Petrograd. So far this has been confined to artillery combats, and to the bombardment, of the German positions. That the Germans are concentrat- ing large bodies of troops in Buko- wina in preparation for Roumania's entry into the war on the side of the Allies, is also reported from Petro- grad. The Russians have succeeded In shelling several of these columns on the march. ALLIED WARSHIPS SUNK. Two Small Russian Craft Destroyed by Mines ha Baltic. • LONDON, March 14. -The Rus- sian torpedo boat destroyer Leitenan annehtehenoleas, been.- sunk by a mine, according to a rep-oit So4.a, Bul- garia. Four officers and 11 sailcue of the crew of the destroyer were rescued by Bulgarians. The Russian official report says: "On the 9th two of our destroyers reconnoitring near Varna, on the Black Sea, were attacked by enemy submarines, which sank the destroy- er Leitenan Pushtchin. Part of her seirreowyewr:a.s rescued by the other de - It was officially announced at the British Admiralty yesterday that the mercantile -fleet auxiliary Fauvette of 2,644 tons gross has been sunk as the result of striking a mine off the east coast of England. Fourteen members of the crew were lost, in- cluding two officers. The Fauvette was formerly in the service of the General Steam Naviga- tion Company, Limited, of London. The vessel was built at Middlesbor- ough in 1912. She was 315 feet long, 43 feet beam, and 18 feet deep. Gets Eighth Aeroplane. PARIS, March 14. -The Freneh official communique reports that Sunday morning Sub -Lieut. Guyemer brought Clown a German aeroplane, which fell in flames inside the French lines near Thiescourt. This is the eighth aeroplane brought down by this pilot, six having fallen within the French lines and two inside the German lines. Another aviator sim- ilarly brought down an enemy aero- plane inside the French lined near Dombasle, in the Argonne. The pas- sengers of the two destroyed ma- chines were killed. The same day French battle aeroplanes fought 18 aerial engagements in the region of Etain, in the course of which the ad- versaries were put to flight. Mutiny in Garrison Suppressed. PETROGRAD, March 14. -Tele- graphing from Dvinsk, the corres- pondent of the Boerse Gazette re- ports that a mutiny has taken place among the men of the German gar- rison at Shavli, a town in the Baltic provinces, owing, it is said, to insuf- ficient food. The mutiny was suppressed by cav- alry, the correspondent adds, after one officer an three soldiers had been killed and a large number of men wounded. Nine of the ring- leaders of the moven:tent are said to have been tried by conet-raartial and executed. Detroit Gunmen Rounded tip. DETROIT, March 14.-SeventYe seven men and eight women were taken he etietody by the police early Saturday in the second raid in 24 hours on hotels and pool halls, which have been under sarveillance for sev- eral weeks. The announced purpose of the raids is to break up a large band of so-called gunmen and other alleged criminals -who have bean making Detroit their hea.dquarters. HIRO DRIVE LAUN riermans Start Another Desper. ate Effort to 'rake Verdun. Crown Rrin00 Han Now„Pone Too It'ar to Change His TatilT!'s, and Third Attempt to Take City is Only a Repetition on "roamer 4 French Are Belloved"toi1e Vre, paring a Otnuater-Attaek. rikwa, .deb of the fourth, week in tho battle fez' Verdun was ...shored in by greatly -in- creased artillery fire both on the part of the Teutons and Fronela At night- fall the big guns were still vielug with one another without pause or •abatement. The day was monopol- ized by artillery, and the ether wea- ther was utilized by both sides for aerial reconnaissance work, which resulted io a number of battles, each side claiming to have brought doWn three maehin.es. Yesterday's eetivity had all the signs of e prelude to a new phase in the contest foe the great French bar- rier fortress. The Gerraan guns kept battering the French defences north of the atrongluncl and on both sides of the Meuse. There,wero, however'also signs of a French intention' to launch a huge counter-attack, particularly on the Woevre plain, where the French ar- tillery displayed unusual activity throughout the day. A Paris correspondent writes: "To -day the military critics agree, stating that the Crown Prince having made such a stupendous effort at Verdun he must continue the strug- gl 3 on the same terrain, It is now too late to undertake formidabie op- erations involved in an eleventh -hour change of plans. • "The fascination of Verdun, whose capture has so long been dangled be- fore the eyes of the German people, still rivets the Kaiser's son on the banks of the Mouse, and he is now preparing his third and most desper- ate assault." Two attacks were made by the Germans Saturday night; one, ex- ecuted by a sraall force armed with hand grenades, was directed against the woods adjoining the Cote du Poivre. This attack was easily re- pulsed. The second, made with ar- tillery preparation against the re- gion north of Eix, gave the Germans a Small trench adjoining the Etain road. The German artillery directed. heavy bombardments Saturday night against the wooded hills south of Ville and Bois, north of the Aisne; on the Bethincourt region west of the Meuse, and on the Dotiaumont- Vaux line to the east of the river. No effort has been made by the Ger- mans to repeat the attack on the Vaux plateau. Further official details given Sat- urday night of the infantry finbting west of Donaumont that day show that the Germans .euffered with ex- treine severity in these encounters, in which they were. able to make no appreciable progress. Three attacks were made in all. Each attack was made by four lines of men. The French artillery and machine guns mowed down the lines as they came on, and the ground was covered with German dead. Saturday morning the Ger/Rare' made irele and strongeeteeiorto to capture the Vaux positions. After a prolonged bombardmeztt further in- fantry attacks were made against the village, and the Germans gained a foothold in some houses to the east of the village church. When an ef- fort was made to continue these gains to include the western part of the village the Germans were driven bale and the French were left in posses- sion of the western part. The Germans then turned their at- tention to the Vaux Fort and were able to make _some progress along the slopes leading' to the fort, but failed under the French fire to reach the barbed wire entanglements. The Germans made a spirited at- tack on the French salient at Bois des Buttes, near the Ville aux Bois, northwest of Berry au Bac. Several hours of preparatory artillery work preceded the attack. French counter- attacks drove the 'Germans from the north-western and western extremity of the wood, which the Germans had won. The Germans also won temporary possession Saturday night of an im- portant communication trench on the west side of the Meuse between Beth- incourt and Chattancourt. The French recovered the trench imine lately by a counter-attack. It was reported yesterday that Colonel Meant, the hero of the dee feriae of the Caures woods, who It was feared, had been killed in the ace tion, has beeu picked up by German stretcher-bearers. Assaults made by the French in massed formation Saturday against the newly -won Gereaa.n positions on the left bank of the Meuse, northeeee west of Verdun, were repulsed vital/ heavy losses to the attackers, says the official etatgment issued yester- day at the German army headquare ters. Since the present operations were commenced in the Meuse re- gion, the statement adds, 26,472 nee. wounded French officers atid men have been taken prisoner and 189 guns and 232 machine gtins have been captured. Boats May Move About April Pirate PORT ARTHUR, Ont., March 14. -Ice conditions seem favorable to an early opening of navigation. The ice breaking tugs will be ready for orders to out a channel any time after Marcia 15, and the first of April may see the boats moving. Grain in the elevators at the head of the lakes totals approximately 35,000,000 bushels. Usual Sunday Raid Frustrated. LONDON, March 14.-4 German seaplane Was Sighted approaehing North Foreland about rioUn yester- day. It was pursued by British, aero- planes from Dotter, and ftear sea* Ward.