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Controversy Over Vessel's Transfer to American
Register: Thus Taken Off Hands of Britain
A despatclt frorni Paris say's:
F renoh cruiserarrested the 'Amen -
can 'steamer Dacia in the Channel
and has taken her to Brest. This
announcement ,is officially made.
The announcement of the eaptiwe
of the Dacia, which was issued by.
the Marine Department, g.ave no
details; nor the name of the cruise]'
which took her under arrest.
Oomeaenting on the seizare of the
Dacia. the Temps says
"International law 'clues not re-
cognize the purchase by neutra=ls 44Ships belonging to belligerents with
the object .of evading the conse-
quences of .a ,state of war.. The test
t a
will pitted o
11]1
]:111 w
111
be *l
5�e lvli C
ca
Brest prizes court therefore will be
a simple one, but nevertheless it
will attract widespread attention.
`France and Great Britain
hitherto have -adhered so religiously
to international conventions that
they even have refrained from a
proclamation of an effective block-
ade of the German coast, This
scruple is no longer justified. In
puttiAg herself outside of the law
Germany gives us :a free hand. We
will not abuse our power. We will
awardTrull coniltieneatiuri and will
c'oaritrnue to respect neutral pru-
perty.
The report of the arrest- 'of the
Dacia caused no eti7 prise tri, official
circles at Washington, fo'r it was
known to diem sense time ago that
following the seizure of the Wil-.
helmina ,by the :British Government
the Frond). ` Government had ex-
pressed -•.its intention of seizing the
Dacia as semi • as. she reached the
Channel.
The Darla wa=s interned at Port
Arthur, Tea:as, . when she 'was
bou=ght itt De•cryernber by Edward N.
Beeitung, a New York banker and
mine owner, Mr. 3ieitung obtain-
ed American registry forher with
the consent of the United States
Government, and placed aboard,her
an American skipper and crew. She
was taken to Galveston and sailed
from that porton :January 31 with a
cargo of 111.000 hales of cotton for
Rotterdam, the c'gtton being des-
tined for Germany. The Federal
'War Risk Bureau insured the car-
go, cotton being non-oontraband,
but refried to insure the vessel.'her-
Self.
ENABLE TO STELA
FRENCH ADVANCE
Enemy Lost'S Heavily in M=s Efforts
fo itl:aintain His ('entre, .
Front.
•
A despatch from. Paris say's: The
details of French advances in Cham-
pagne which have been the feature
of War Office communique* •for
more than as week, are even more
gratifying than those previously
presented. Apparently the Ger-
mans are totally unable to stem the
offensive in that region, although
they have brought up heavy rein-
fnrcements and are losing heavily in
their efforts to check it.
The •communique, in addition to
telling of the eneour'a;ging d'evelap-
meu•t.s in -Champagne, announced.
t.het the Germane had agaan bow -
bard+. • d Rheinits, . throwin•g saxttr
•shell's into the city. half of w+hfel]:
w•e.re directed at the cathedral.-
-
athedral:- This :action was Followed by e heavy
bombardment of Soissons. The 13e1-
gran troops have also been Become
fel in their attacks recently, having
occupied a farm on the right bank
of the Yser„ according to the after-
noon statement.
FOIIIITEEN SflIFS kRE COST
Alarm Caused by German "Blockade Threat lrias
Disappeared Even in Scandinavian Countries
A despatch from, London says:
The seventh 'Pda.y of the German
"blockade" of the British • Isles
brought: news of the destruction of
one inure mercantile vessel, snaking
t total of fourteen ships of British
and neutral nationality • sunk or
damaged by mines or torpedoes in
the first week of the subinarin'e.,war-
fare which began on February 18.
The French are now masters, of
about 1,600 feet of.'trenches taken
Friday night with 100 prdsoners and
machine gums. In Belgium French
patrols occupied a German trench
after kU1i]; all
the German.n
soldiersd
gels
holding
it
CROWN PRINCE 1)Et1) AGAIN?
Geneva Despatch Says '.that He
Passed Away in December.
.A despatch frcm Pai.•is eayas says:A
Geneva despatch to the Excelsior
says that for the thirertirne since
the outbreak of the war rumors of
the death. of Crown Prince Freder-
ick William are current in Ger-
many. It declares that a letter
from 10er•1in says that the Crown
Prince died in December, and that
the German court is in mourning.
The correspondent sending the des-
patel.i adds that the lack of Mention
of the Crown Prince in the German
jofiitial reports is_signific.ant.
Commands Third Army Corps:.
General Sir Archibald Hunter,
- t can
vh
, � f1
, ,hu.
I�..C,.B. anew ph'oto�iap
is shown Here, is the cum'm'a.nder df
the Third Army ('ca=ps of Englall
He, is. ra colonel of the Royal Lan-
c'aster"Reginent, and was itt come
mend of the Aldershot Training
Camp. Re won the K.C.B. in 1898.
He has served with distindtion in
the .Sudan Expedition, the Nile Ex-
pedition, and is a veteran of the
South A.fricau war. He was beim
in 1850:
864 German Papers
Suspend Publication
DRIVING TURKS
FROM DEFENCES
The Western Coast .was sunk on
Friday afternoon touch in the. same
manner as the Deptford. All of her
crew were saved and were landed
in '?lymo'tth Thursday Morning.
The vessel was a . small coasting
steamer. '
While eight British ships have
been destroyed in the week that the
blockade has been in force, it is
The latest victim of a submarine pointed out that they are for the
WAS at small British coasting steam- most part small vessels and that the
er,. the Western Coast, which went
down in the dangerous zone off
Beachy Head in the English Chan-
n'el; All of her crew were saved
ant+' landed at Plymouth. Fifteen
members of the crew of the Dept-
ford, sunk off S
rd s -'Scarborough 11
in
the
h
North Sea., were landed at South
Shields. • The engineer of the ship
says he was .apt, his post when all ex-
plosion broke the 'ship in half. He
was thrown• down and stunned, but
managed to ;each the deck • and get
inti a lifeboat.- Some of the crew
say they saw the wake of a sub-
marine afterwards. They spent
some hours in a small boat during a
violent snowstorm and were nearly
frozen when they reached land. On
the way they passed a steamship,
which paid no attention to their
signals. Later the steamer Fulgens
picked them up.
:allies Occupy Smashed Forts and
the Fleet Proceeds Up the
!Dardanelles.
A despatch from London says :
The boiiibard]n'ent of the inner forts
of the Dardanelles was continued
on Saturday, twenty ships partici-
pating in the attack, and pouring 'a
storm of heavy *bells into' the Turk.-
ish el''efen'ces fur several hours. The
success of the .allied squadron and
the £all of the. 'entrance- forts have
caused the greatest consternation in
Constantinople. Despatches from
Greek. and Italian sources, as well
as frijol Egyptian . 1?pints tell of a
panic_ in the Ottoman capital, which
still "'contifi11es '.'iffifailayed. The
Turkish Cabinet 9. as alrea-dy- de-
cided.to transfer the GiSver:nm:ent to
B.roussa, in, Asia Minor,• the a lcient
capital, to which Abdul Harmid'and
part of the, Government fled in. the
first Balkan War, when tibe Burger
A despatch front. Amsterdam tan and Servian armies' got within a
says : Figures compiled by the
postal ,authorities show that since
the beginning of the war 864 Ger-
man newspapers :have suspended
publication.
PST "UP GALLAIT BEFECE
But the Trio of Britisher* Held Enemy at Bay
Till Help Carne
A. despatch f London says :
"All the ground ne'hr the front ]ins
is plowed up with shells and fur-
rowed with the remains of old
trenches, and graves. The whole
place is a vast eemet,ery, in which
our trendies and thoseof the enemy
wind in every directicin. `T'llis
statement is made by the British
official "eye -witness" at the front
'i.n a description given out of /the
recent battles south-east: of Ypres
aud-of the country in which the
armies are fighting.
Ina sheltered spot tl{ere is a
little gr'avey.ard where sone tlf our
,ran dead have been buried. Their
grates have been :carefully ,fully marked
and 11 rough square, of bricks has
been placed around thein. In fro>.nt
of the trenches German bodies still
lie thick. •
`At one point of the brickfields-
recently some thirty mien tried to
rush our line. At their head was
a young Gerniaat officer, who carte
on gallantly waving his sword, .lie
almost reached the barbed wire and
then fell dead, and he lies there yet
with his sword in his hand and all
his thirty men about him.
".[t -is the. sane all along the
frons in this .quarter. Everywheve f►+
still, grey figures cal]be seen lying,
sometimes several rows together,
and sometimes singly ar in twos or
threes.
"TIiisdescription might serve
With ,a .few minor alterations for:
many of the localll.'i'es ,along our
front where the fighting has centred
:around some wood, a village or line
o .
of trenches. It is as if .eaten had
been swept by a withering blast be-
fore which every object, whether e
ro1'k of nature or, of main,. had
crumbled into ruins or become
twisted and deformed, even the very
ground itself looks as if it had been
shaken by a violent convulsion of
nature.
"To the south of the Ypres-(:'om-
Mee. Canal the ground, although
there are some enclosures, is com-
paratively open. To the north. of it,
however, there are many woods, and
these have become a tangle of fallen
trees interspersed with shell cra-
ters. To add to the hardships of I mately connected with the German
such. fighting the troupe have been , General Staff that Geranan' i intends
attacking {u1 ground in which the I to stat peace. negotiations in about
short 'distance of Constantinople.
Many of the inhabitants are already
in flight. and are removing their be-
longings to the interior.
/At five o'clock Saturday afternoon
the attacking ships head -eached
C'arophoni .]ighthottee neat Forts
Kilid Baur .and Tsanakale. All the
forts on the European side of the
strait lip to that point have now
been silenced British and French
flags aro flying over the entrance
forts, which are occupied by de-
tachments from the fleet. This is
the first time in history that 'a hos-
tile'flag has flown on' the Darda-
nelles.
It i,s, understood that the Turks
have stationed 50.000 men .along the
European side of passage, and that
15,000 are gathered on the Asiatic
side.
GERMANY '1T0 SEEK PEACE.
tnformatitn ('laiuutil b4 sCppens
ba.geu Cot responden
1,
A despatch to Lite London Daily
Telegraph front • Copenhagen says:
it is ]earned from a saur'ce inti -
men sink up to their knees in mud.
"Despite ell these drawbacks,"
continues the 4)bsup vei', "counter-
attacks have been earned out with
such •resolution that in ne.ar:ly ,all
cases the original line has been re-
gained.
"In <une trench. which became in
the cout,sr of the lighting more or
less isolated, 40 of our men corti11-1
tied to hold firm until .every one :of I
them had been either killed Or 1
wounded.�T Eventually there, were
only three. left who were capable -of
firing, and these three continued to
hold the ene.117,y .at bay.„ In the
meantime word was brought to
those itr the. rear that their ammu-
nition was neatly exhausted, and
seven men, t:lre et4 engest .ttca lab ,
were selected to bring upas much
ammunition as they could carry.
These latter' folrd.tlte. three wound-
ed survivors, still standing.anaid the
bodies of their dead.,„and disabled
comrades and still firing steadily.
Tlhe support; slender tie it ways, canis
%n •t;he molt. of time, for at that mo-
nicnt the Germans launched an-'
other assault. alkide, like the previ-
ous ones, was. beaten off and the
position was saved,
two months.
According to a, special telegram
from Berlin, in the course of the
discussion on ;the Budget in tho
is tl..
c
,r ai 1
e ill(.
i. Diet a member r
Prussian aTl
Austria -strongly, saying 11'^1 '
tris MILS unable to beat f
he
that dissatisfaction with
weal:nees was general.
members applauded, but t'
report makes no refere:t'•' t L
incident.
Statue in London
of Crimean Her of
majority of them, instead' of having
food for this country, were either
in ballast or 'carrying coal or other
freight for neutral countries.
It is believed here, .also, that the.
destruction of neutral ships an
d
UES
carg
r y r
will embroil Germany with
neutral countries, and that in the
long run the losses which the :allies
will suffer will be more than offset
by the anger aroused on the part of
neutrals ,and the possible refusal of
countries, such as Norway to allow
goods to he .chipped front their
ports to Germany. In
A Stockholm despatch says
shipping circles the alarm caused by
the German blockade threat has al-
most disappeared. The regular
lines from the west coast of Sweden
to England have resumed sailing
and mail boats are being despatch-
ed as usual.
Ld 6
REPORTS FROM THE L@Atfl?l5 TRADE
I HTCnES OF AMEi3IRA,
• aroastuffs,
Toronto,' Marek 2.-Aia,nibobte Orel 'pm,t
eats; $8 i11 flute ''base second i)at.dnte.
997.60:,: strong bakers',. 97,20. Ontario
wheat flour, 90 rer cent, patents, 96.25
96.40, aseabcard,
Wheat -Manitoba, No, 1 Northern, $16.:
No. 2 at 21..63, and N"o. 3' at 91.61 ilntaxri1,
wbeapt, No. 2, nominal at 91.50 to 9,1.58. ht
outside points. Ilii 'IA
Oats--On'turlo, 60 to 63e, outside,
63 to 65o, on trek, Toronto, Western Gan,
. tide, No. 2, quoted at 7L f-20, and Nn. 3 alt
68120.,
itiiity. --Good malting . grades. 85 'to 080.
onbeide.
lire -$1.25, orits de.
Peas.•No. 2 quoted at,.91.90 to $2.05, cut
side.
'.
corn-nto•-Nofre,2gh'it.
. imerican• 82o, all rail,
orov. �.
Buckwheat-No. 2 at 85 to 870, outside.
Bran and shorts--13ra'l, 927 'to 928 a ten,
and . cat orte a`, 930. er• bag, of 90' lbs.,
]lats Car s, p
53.45olled t0 $o3.50. lot
Country Produce.
:Butter -'Choice dniry,,25 to 26r; inferior,
20 to 21e•, creamery prints, 32 to 331.2e;
do., sol;ds. 30 to 31ca farmers' separator.
27 to 280.
]'lgge -,$3 to 83.10 for prime and 93.15 to
$3.20 for hand-pkt'ked.
12 0-
1 at
12c and tinesell
's
Honey-60-lb.en
doz
]b. tine at 13 t'.•1. 1 combs, 93 per
and No. 2, 62.40. 13 to 1501
Poultry --Chickens, dressed,
(bucks, dressed, 14 to 16c; fowl, 10 to 11e;
geese, 14 to 15c; turkeys, dressed, 19 to
200.
to
Ch18eese1-40-l7for 3-4tw�1:e
to 180. for large, and at 18
Pota•toee•-Ontario, 65 to 75e, per bag, 0115
of store. 60c in oar lot.. New Brunswick*.
car lots, 65o Ter bag.
Provisions.
•
Wholesalers are selling to the trade' on
the following price basis: ---
Smoked and dry salted meats- Rolle --
Smoked, 14 to 141.2c; hams, rnedtutrl, 17
to 17 1 20; heavy, 14 1-2 to 15c; brceakfast
barna, 18 to 23c; long clear bacon, tons.
P
20 to 21e; special, 220; boneless backs, 53
13 1.2e; oases, 13 3-4 to 14c; backs,
to 24c.
green Meats -Out ar pickle, 1c less than
smoked.
Lard -Purr, tube, 11 3.4 to f2c; pa'=s. 10
to 121-4c; compound, tube. 9'5-4 to
Pails. 1.0 to 10
WinnipegCrain.
Winnipeg, March 2 Gash Wheat -No.
1 Northern. $1.531-4 No. 2 Northern,
$1.51 1-2; No. 3 Northern, 91.47 3-4; No. 4,
91.43 3.4; No. 5 91.39 1-4; No. 6 91.35 1.4;
feed, 91,31. Oats -No. 2 Cl W., 64 1-8cNo.
3 C.W.. 611-&'; extra No. 1 feed. 61o; No.
1 feed, 60c•; No. 2 feed, 59e. Barley--No.i,.
76c; No. 1 N.W.C., 91.61: N'o., 2 C.W• $t.58.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, bfareh 2. --Corn -American -1o.
AI:LIllS TO STOP ALt SH.IPFING
Neutral
•
Countries Have Been Advised of the An-
swer to Germany's Submarines
- A despatch from London says:
Great Britain. France and their
'a=llies have. advised neutra=l coun-
tries that they hold themselves at
liberty to stop all shipping to a'f .d
from Germany and the countries of
her allies„,, The text of the declara-
tion .seta fortih that this decision is
necessary because of German .sub-
n],d.d;iiie .attacks, but that Great Bri-
tain and France..Will respect -the
lives ofecrew s and -passengers in any
step they may take.
The .declaration is not a -reply to
the American representations. look-
ing to a cessation of German sub -
2 yellow, 84 to 85e. Oats -Canadian \\ ee _
marine activity and the adnliSSion
ern, No. 2, n 1.Ze; do, No. 3, G
tr66eac NNo,o.13feelocdal, 691-Z0awhtte, 6No50. 2; 1oGal4woral
o:f food to Germany for civilians. white. 64e. Barleyo 91. tout feed, 79 to
t affect car- 2:hi malo,) 9rl to $r. Buckwheat, feed, No.
T11e d•ecla.ration will no 2, Sac to 91. mucor -Manitoba. Spring
goes shipped before the date of this 1 0;
wheat 708 10; seconds,
song bag s', 94Winerpatens.
choice, 98.30; straight rollers, 9rr.80 to S8;
do., bags, $3.70 to 93.80. Rolled oats .
Bbls., 97.25; bags, 90 1b., 93.50. Bilis,
927. Shorts, 929. Middlings, 533. 3ioni ,
934 to 537. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots,
918 to 919. Cheese• -Finest westerns, 171.4
to 171-2e; finest, easterns, 17 to 171.4o.
Butter•-Ghoir.est creamery, 32 to 321.2e;
aeconde 31 to 31. 12e.
Bggs _. Feau
.35e
s24cale<t
.edP0,1016Nop.e1gbCg ;70+lore.5&0••0 4-'-'...
52 1.24.
advice to neutrals..
No special articles of commerce
will be mentioned in the British -
French declaration. Cotton and
foodstuffs, for example, will not be
specified, but the terms will be gen
sisal.. The situation created will be
entirely justified, aeoordingto the
English view, beeauee of Germany's
unprecedented action in attempting
a submarine blockade regardless of
danger to the erews and passengers
of ships.
FIERCE BATTbE IN
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A' despatch from London says:
statue of Florence Nightingale W
unveiled here .on Wednesday. It
the first instance in w:hieb a stat
of aa• Woman, aside frons Royal t,. ,
has been exerted publicly in Lon-
don. On account of the war there
were no oereanoa 1 s. ine eaitnectiOn
with the unveiling. The figure
lamp i in the right 'hand. tt
be;ar•s n a ) .
forms a part of the Crimean. mem-
orial group, in Waterloo Pieces, the
cost of which was provided for by
email subscriptions, largely from
nurses, soldiers and -sailers..
united States Markets. -
Minneapolis March 2.--Wheat-No 1
hard, 91.51 5-8, No. 1 Northern, 91.47 1-8
to 91.51 1.8; No. 2 Northern, 91.431-8 t't
$1.48 5-8; May. 91.47 1.8. Corn -No. 3 yel-
low. 68 3-4 to 69e. Oats -:tic. 3 white.
63 3.4 to o4c•. Fleur unchanged. Bran,
$23.
Duluth';, Mireb 2. Wheat- N, 1 bard,
91.5212: No. 1 Northern. 91.51 1-2; No. 2
Northern, 91,471.2 to 91.491.': May,
�� t 91.50 1-2 w,..__..
Den German Officers Killed and Two Aeroplanes
British Airmen
:ohs mens aim simfts, w'trtOla Call 1. 1r0.
sibly cure, and in consequence catarrh-
al disease has become a national
curse. Science is advancing ever
day, and fortunately a. rented*
been discovered that, not only cures
but prevents Catarrh, This new treat-
ment "Gatarrhozone" has sufficient:
power to kill the germs of Bronchitis,
Catarrh and Asthma. It toetaans pule
pine essences and healing balsams
ut. Hon. D. O'Brien and Sub-
ut. Spencer. It is regretted that
further new has been obtained
;hem."
even German officers were kill -
two aeroplanes shot down, and
jird badly damaged by one Bri-
airman, aeourding; to a despatclt
he Amsterdam Tyd here on Wed.
ay. Pursued by German aria•
between Thour•out and Ostend.
gium, the British birdman sue•
ed in getting above them, the
•hatch stated. He :shot down two
he machines while fleeing from
n, and hit a third, damaging it
hat it had to descend.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, March 2 1 fen odd eer"
brought 97.80 per hundredweight. 'Medium'
to giod, 86.50 to 97.21. Top colts Bold at
95.75 to 96.20 the hulk, which were good.
brought 90.50 to 95.75, l'apncrs, 93,90 to
$4.35 and cutters, 94.25 in 65. For stocker.,
802 to 900 pounds, 95.75 to $6.75 1xec na ci.
3fecliunt to good brought 95.25 to 95:71.
Milkers steady at $70 to 990 for good to
choice and 950 to 970 for medium. b'beep
and lambs were firm Swine. fed and Iva.
tered. 97.75. 97.60 was paid cif cars alta
97.40 f.o.b. country pointe.
Montreal, March Bet; cattle (sold 'a11
abort 7 1-44c. and from that down to 6e f.
medium and from 4 3-4 to 5 5-4e for the
o
common. ('ow+. 540 :r 014; a resp. o
51-3a; lamb. 8 1.4 to 41.71^; hogs. 8 1-4 to
838c.
i+
('.S, 'CO Sill' c; S.1.TlONS.
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Aint of Bill .Introduced in the Donee
---.A General • Embargo.
A despatch frust \va1hing,ion
ways: Word for word with the text
employed by the am. of:.1 glue 4. 1704,
by which all trade with Europe 1183
stopped by the United Slates. Re-
presentative Stephen G. Porter of
let esylvania int t'ortur'ed a hili au-
tlorizing the President to declare
NcEau cn]bttrl o betivecn tlu •t'�,ui1t1'
scuRE c TART 'ttr i the warring nttiivn�.
t' 14 ` 'l'he measure, if it ltec unres a law,
et , will enable. the Chief 1 4ecntivt tn.
fc'rl.'icl the c'tammerc'ial aetivities 'of
' all ships in the foreign trade.
---- . Sl4l il
uttl n embargo .be dlecl tre'tl,
1 go to the remotest. Part or the however'. it is sperif]cally Jenni-
e, throat and lungs, carl'yiti • health- tutted by a prui icioe of the measure
ilia medication to ever" spot that ea
cuceen clays after thecculvening of
!REV BREIING
tainted or weak. I'ou don't take
arrliozone like cough mixture ---you
ale its healing vapor at the mouth said Mr- Niter."lvithout lrlarru•g
1It spreads all through. tile. 'breath-
organs, soothing ante curing whet- in the hand of the President every
r Catarrh exists. 'Phis is nature's. passible CS:,i;tanee with which to
f su lying the richest lrilsanas, Meet the complication; as 1 hey
1yopl?.
t purest antiseptics known-. fo arise. •
_____,:se_ ry,
en pe.
A sneezing cold is ettt •:"d an tell i . ' Si CI
iii tes. A harsh cough is daseci iu , All Cereal ' a
n] i ,
s
an 'hour, the most offensive catarrh is :►ei., ..i 1>� Austria,
thoroughly drawn. from ;:the system.
and ;Bronchial irritation .:._..-_-
nothing
-"ieitnx say :
For g 08n .\ (1C 0t`c+1t Crum \
evor np .can equal ('ggist bay; ?• , 1, (tuverunu'.ut has talion user all
'every physician and druggist say+ su, Cite, barley, maize ;loci
e Y to tr • this 6toeks of ,rye. bCt
advise our readersy „ ' ,,r
do ..'S 4tull.t
and we al tui tr
� V e
�� 1at,if suffering witlti'an.wtt,fier.,tlozu• prrrduct,. a ., ,i -
ill ' lie.
.com Tete outfit casts 91,00, let bread will be nne.r t t•a e r] lir vat •
ill,' T1ka P
medium sage 00e:, at all. dealers. I oils districts.
the next aeseion yit. ('uu^-ieS$.
"(.'ong1est should, not adjourn,"