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BRITISH NAVAL RAffi ON FOE AERIAL SHEDS Warships Carry Seaplanes lo Bomb Scheswijj Ho!- stein Ba§c â€" Two German Patrol Ship* Sunk. A dospatfh from Loiuloii says: Great Britain gnvc her first effective answer on Saturday mornine to Ger- man air raids. A t^quadron cf five seaplanes, convoyed by litiht cruisers and destroyers, crossed the North Sen and went .straight to the home of the Gci-man planes which have ficiiuent- ly vi9itc<l the Rnttlish coast of hite. They atLinked the CJernum airship sheds ill Schleswij!. east of tlie Ishxnd of Sylf. They were met, however, by an effective anti-uircraft defence, while their cviivo> < were engaifed by German patrol boats. A'ljatlle royal, both in the air and sea, outside the harbor of Sylt, ensued. Only two of the British planes returned, the three others, includin^r a battleplane, were brought down, according to the offi- cial statements. Stormy weather pre- vailed, and in the course of an excit- , ing naval ennafjement, the British de- stroyer Medusa collided with the destroyer Laverock. The Medusa is Mieved to have been lost, but her crew are safe. The (Germans, on their part, lost two armed trawlers, the Braunschweig and the Otto Rudolph.: DurinK the cni;af;emeiil four (!er- raan torpedo boats were cut off l)y a I number of British destroyers, but; eventually succeeded in making their i escape, says a despatch to the Central News from Copenhagen. BRiriSH PROGRESS CONTINUES IN GERMAN EAST ^PRICA Arusha Has Been Occupied and the Enemy Driven From HiS Line on the Ruwn Riv^r. PLOT TO DRIVE U.S. BRITISH BLOW IN TO INTERVENTION! ENEMY DUGOUTS UKKENDEUS Ol VKRDL'N. Pres. Wilson Appeals to Country to Aid ill TlinartiiiK Tliis Move. A despatch from Washiiiglon says: President Wilson appealed to the country on Saturday niffht for aid in thwarlinu a conspiracy which he de- clares has been orpanized to plunge the United States into war with Mexico. In a formal statement issued at the White House the President charges that a curapaii-n of falsehood i.s be- ing carried on throuKh tlie news- papers of the country "for the pur- pose of bringing about intervention in the interest of certain American owner.s of Mexican property." This piirpo.se the President pledges himself to defeat, but he warns ^he pcopli' of the country that if the cam- paign is permitted to continue "very serious condition may be created, unnecessary blood.shed may result, and the relations between the two republics* may be very much em- barrassed." President Wilson expresses the hope that the people of the Unitied States will be on their guard again.st crediting any : tory coming from the border, and he entreat.i the editors of ncwspnper.s t-hut they '•make it a mat- ter of patriotism and conscience to text the source and authority of every report they receive from that quarter." 6 BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE AT HALIFAX Wild Scramble of Sixty Inmates of HouHe as Klameg Spread. A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: F'our Italians and two Russians were burned to death, and an Italian woman and a Russian were badly in- jured in a fire early Sunday morning that completely destroyed tlie build- ing on Pleasant Street formerly own- ed by the Canadian Bioscope Company and for the past year rented by an Armenian, A. Dombalagian, as a boarding hou.se. The place went up like a torch. The cause will probably never be known. <> Successful Raids Against (Jerman , I Trenches in La Bassee I Region. I A despatch from London says: Sir John Haig reports that the British carried out two successful raiils against the (ierman trenches about Commecourt and the Bethune-La Bas- see roads. Three dugouts filled with the enemy were bombed and blown in. The Germans sprang a mine to the north of .â- X.rras and two mines north-east of Neuvc Chapelle, caus- I ing slight damage to the British trenches. A grenaiie attack to the north of Arras was repulsed. The (ieiman forces which gained a foothold on the small hill of Hau- ' court) a little over half a mile .'south- west of Malancourt, on the west side of the Mouse on Wednesday, have not yet attempted to increase their gains, and the French still hold part of the hill. There was no infantry action on the Verdun front Wednesday night or Thursday. Wednesday night the Ger- mans decreased the intensity of their bombardment to the west of the river, which had been of especial violence as a support to their infantry attack, but continued without lessening of in- tensity the bombardment on the east- ern bank of the river. In the Wocvre the cannonade was intermittent. On Thursday heavy artillery fire was resumed on the western bank of the Meuse, in the Malancourt region, 1 and on the front between Bethincourt- Le Morte Homme-Cumieres, while to the east of the river and in the Woevre the firing increased in vio- lence. + FARMERS WILL CROP REDL'CED ACREAGE I Wages Are High and They Expect Trouble in Securing Help. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Many of the farmers of Manitoba, who cannot secure sufficient help, have de- cided to put in a smaller acreage. Wages will be beyond the reach of a large percentage of the farmers. The help to be expected from the sol- diers will not bo as extensive as an- ticipated. Quite a number of men have been drifting into the city from woods, camp and other places, but the farmers, not knowing when the seed- ing will start, have been unwilling to secure these men at once and the re- sult is that they arc being snapped up by contractors. SOME WAR OIJDITIRS. Soldier AkUk I'or Increase of Allow- ance When TripU'tH Arrive. Londonâ€" Private William Tunks, of the Leicestershire Regiment, now in France, has asked for an increased war allowance due to the arrival of triplets in his home. Folkestone, England â€" Miss Ruth Roberts, 103 years of ngc, remembers when her father and threw brothers fought at Waterloo. She is one of â-  family of twenty-two and never has married, smoked, drank or used •nuff. London â€" Lieut. Edward P. Mulock, who died at Neuve Chapelle, made his will on a sheet of note-book paper, leaving $75,000 to a chorus girl whose weekly earnings totalled $7.50. ROUMANIAN GRAIN , BOIKMIT BY GERMANY. A despatch from Berlin says It is seml-officially announced that con- tracts have been executed between the official grain-buying associations of Germany and .\iistro-nungary and the Roumanian grain export commis- sion for 100,000 car loads of corn and all the wheat, barley and legumes available for export, estimated at forty thousand carloads. An agree- ment has also been reached, accord- ing to the announcement, whereby Uoumania is to receive certain goods from thu central powers. An effort will be made to make commerce mu- tually as nearly normal as possible, I it is added. FRENCH TO USE LIQUID FIRE IN REPRISAL ON GERMANS Superiority of ThI.s Terrible Arm Over the Bayonet Has Been Exemplified at Verdun. A despatch from Paris says; Liquid fire has boon the means by which the Uermans gained the portions of trenches mentioned in recent official communications, says the Journal Des Debats, and the Military Committee of the Chamber of Dopulica is en- quiring into methods for the protec- tion of the French troops against such J re attacks and the use of a similar eapon in reprisal, "One can easily understand," says the newspaper, "the superiority of this terrible arm over the bayonet. Even though it may expose the man who carries it to the danger of death in case a fragment of shell should strike it, on the other hand, it gives to an attack the power and cruelty to which our communications are bearing witness." The newspaper adds that France has every means at her disposal for paying the Germans in their own coin and therefore should employ them. The Leading Markets Breadstuffs. Toronto, Mar. 'JR. -Manitoba wheat, new cropâ€" No. 1 Northern, $1.08U; No. 2, $1.05% ; No. :<, $1.0;!%, in store, p'ort William. Manitoba oats-No. 2 CW., 42ViC; No. :i C.W., 40'4c; extra No. 1 feed, 40 '4 c; No. ] feed, .'{9';e, in store, Fort William. American corn â€" No. S yellow, 78c, American cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, 78, on track Toronto. Canadian corn â€" Feed, f58 to 70c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats â€" No. It white, 42 to 4;5c; commercial, 41 to 42c, according to freights outside. Ontario whoatâ€"No. 2 winter, per car lot, $1 to $1 .02; No. 1 commercial, yii to ySc; No. 2 do., it4 to SOc; No. 3 do., 91 to t»2c; feed wheat, 85 to 88c, according to freights outside. Peas â€" No. 2, $1.5(1; according to .sample, $1 to jl.llO, according to freight's outside. Barley â€" Malting barley, tJ2 to 64c; feed barley, 59 to t;2c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat â€" 08 to ()9e, according to freights outside. Ryeâ€" No. 1 commercial, Sfi to 87c; rejected, according to sample, 83 to 85c, according to freights outside. Manitoba flourâ€" First patents, in jute bags, $(°>.G0; second patents, in jute bags, $f>; strong bakor.s', in jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour- â€" Winter, according to sample, $4.0.5 to $4.20, on track, To- ronto; $4.ir. to $4,20, bulk .seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights â€" Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $2ii; middlings, per ton, $27; good feed flour, per bag, $l.fi0 to $1.70. Country Produce. Butterâ€" Fresh d.iiry, 2S to .^lc; in- ferior, 2.1 to 25c; creamery prints, 34 to .SCc; soliils. .S2 to .14c. I Eggsâ€" New-laid, 28 to 29c; do., in cartons, 30 to 31c. Honeyâ€" In 10 to CiO-lb. tins, 13 to 14c. Combs â€" No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. 2, $2.26 to $2.40. Beansâ€" $4.10 to $4.40. the latter for hand-picked. Poultry Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls, 15 to Kic; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese, 18 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese â€" Large, lUc; twins, lOlic. Potatoes â€" Car lots of Ontarios, $1.<>5 to $1.70, and New Brunswicks at $1.75 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon, Jong clear, l(!'i to IfiVic per lb., ill case lots. Ilnms â€" Medium, 20 to 21c; do., heavy, 15 to 17c; rolls, 17 to 17Vic, breakfast bacon, 21 to 24c; backs, plain, 25 to 2Cc; boneless backs, 28 to 29c. Lard â€" Pure lard, tierces, 13% to I4c, and pails, 1414c; compound, 12% to 13V4C. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Mar. 28. â€" Oatsâ€" Cana- dian Western, No. 2, 62 to 52V4c; do., No. 3, 50 to 50Vac; extra No. 1 feed, 50 to eO'/ic; No. 2 local white, 48 to 48%c; No. 3 do., 47 to 47 Vic; No. 4 do., 40 to 46 Vie. Barley â€" Manitoba feed, m to 67c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flour â€" Manitoba spring wheat pat- ents, firsts, $6.60; do., seconds, $0.10; strong bakers', $5.90; winter wheat patents, choice, $fi.l0; straight roll- ers, $5.50 to $5.Ci0; • do., in bags, $2.55 to $2.65. Rolled oatsâ€" -Barrels, $5.05; bag of 90 lbs., $2.35. MiB- feedâ€" Bran, $23 to $24; shorts, $25 to $2(i; middlings, $27 to $30; mouil- lie, $10 to $33. Hayâ€" No. 2, per ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese- Fin- est westerns, 18% to 19c; do., east- erns, 18'4 to ISVic. Butterâ€" Choicest creamery, 33 to 34c; seconds, 30 to 32c. Eggs â€" Fresh, 28 to 29c. Pota- toes â€" Per bag, car lots, $1 .70. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Mar. 28. â€" Cash wheat: â€" No. 1 Northern, $1,08; No. 2 North- ern, $1.05*^; No. 3 Northern, $1.02%; No. 4, 99%c; No. 6, 90Mic; No. (i, 82Hc; feed, 77 Vic. Oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 42c; No. 3 C.W., 40c; extra No. 1 feed, 40c; No. 1 feed, a8%c; No. 2 feed, 38c. Barley-No. 8, 59c; No. 4, B4c; rejected, 51 '/jc; feed, 51 Vise. Flaxâ€" No. 1 N.W.C., $1.94; No. 2 C.W., $1.91. $1.10% to $1.11%; No. 2 Northern, $l.or>iK to $1.09%. I A despatch from London says: Tele-' grams to the War Office from Gen- eral Smuts, commander of the British forces in German East .\f rica, indi- â-  cate that the German force.=i v/ere dis- logcd from defensive poaition.s ori the Lumi River and the Kitovo hills by operations from March 7 to 12. They retreated to positions in the thick forest along the Ruwu River. j On March 19 there was bush fight- ing in the vicinity of Kahe, the enemy stubbornly resisting. On Uie 20th a British force occupied Arusha, dis- lodging the enemy. At Dussing the enemy attacked during the night, but was driven off with severe losses. In the meantime a strong mounted force traversing the bush country seized the Kahe rail- way station and many houses. Th^ force then occupied a hill to the south-east of Kahe. This threat against our retreat decided the enemy to hold on throughout March 21 with a view to further retirement under cover of darkne.ss. • Further reinfurcement.i renehed him during operations. The Brit- ish inflicted heavy Ir.sses, but the Ger- mans resisted obstinately. At night the entire Ruwu line was evacuated by the enemy, who retired south- wards, leaving a four-inch -^un be- longing to the cruiser Koeni;?;il>«rg.^ The operations are continuing. Earl Kitchener telegraphed con- gratulations to General Smuts for hia brilliant success. Live Stock .Markets. Toronto, Mar. 28. â€" Choice heavy steers, $8 t>o $8.15; butcher steers,! choice, $7.75 to $7.90; do., good, | $7.30 to $7.50; do., medium, $7 to, $7.25; do., common, $0.25 to $6.75;! heifers, good lo choice, $7.25 to $7.85; do., medium, $6.50 to $6.75; buUher cows, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good, $5.75 to $6.. 50; butcher bulls, choice, $6.50 lo $7.25; do., good bulls, $5.50 to $0; do., medium, $5 to $5.50; do., rough bologna, $4.40 to $4.,')0; feed- ers, 900 to 1,000 lbs., $6.40 to $0.80; do., bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; stockers, 700 to 800 lbs., $6 to $0.50; do., med- ium, 050 to 750 lbs., $5.75 to $6; do., light, 500 to 6.50 lbs., .$5 to $5.. 50; canners, $4 to $4.25; cutters, $4.50 to $4.75; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $85; springers, $60 to $85; calves, veal, choice, $11 to $12.50; do., med- ium, $7 to $8; do., common, $5.50 to $6; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13.50; culled lambs, $7 to $7.25; spring lambs, each, $7 to $10; ewes, light, $7.50 to $9; sheep, heavy, and bucks, $6.60 to $8; hogs, fed and watered, $10.3.5; do., f.o.b., $9.90; do., weigh- ed off cars, $10.35. Montreal, Mar. 28.â€" ^Butcher steers, choice, $8 to $8.25; good, $7.50 to $7.75; fairly good, $7 to $7,25; fair, $6.50 to $6.75; medium. $t) to $6.25; butchers' steers, common, $5.50 to $5.75; canners, $4.25 to $5; cows, choice, $6.75 to $7; good, $6.25 to $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6; common, $5.25 to $5.50; bulls, choice, $7 to $7.25; gooii, $6. ,50 t<o $6.75; medium, $0 to $6.26; milch cows, choice, each, $80 to $85; medium, each, $70 to $75. Hogs, selects, $11 to $11.50; roughs, and mixed, $10.25 to $10.76; com- mon, $10; sows, $7.75 to $8. Sheep, 6) to 8c; lambs. 9 to 12c. Calves, milk- fed, f! to 9c. VILLA DEFEATED BY "RUSSIAN DRIVE CARRANZA'S MEN; GAINS IN FORCE DISABLED SOLDIERS WILL BE TRAINED A Start Has .\lready lU-en M.nde in Quebec With Toy- Making. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Military Hospitals Commission an- nounces there are now 1,300 men, in- mates and out-patients in the various convalescent homes. Steps are be- ing taken to provide training in these homes, and Mr. T. B. Kidner, the vocational secretary, has ju.st return- ed from Quebec, where he made ar- rangements for the installation of an equipment for elementary vocational training in the Savnrd Parka (.Con- valescent Home. This home is sit- uated in the city of Quebec, where a number of local ladies have taken great interest in toy-making as an occupation for convalescent soldiers. These ladies have procured from the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops in London a largo and valuable col- lection of models of toys, etc., pro- ducts of this well-known institution for disabled soldiers and sailors. These models will be placed at the disposal of the men in the home who will re- produce them and it is hoped will also design typical Canadian toys on sim- ilar lines. Preparations were also made for the establishment of classes in general subjects in the home. This policy will be followed throughout the" Dominion. Several Dead and Wounded Bandits Were Left on the Field. A despatch from El Paso, Texas, i says: Villa was attacked and defeat- ed on Thursday night at Santa Ger- trudes by Carranza troops, according to a despatch received by General Gavira in Juarez. General Gavira i said he had received authentic infor- mation that after the skirmish at Santa Clara earlier in the day where Col. Cano's command had defeated Villa, the bandit chieftain was pur- ' sued and again attacked late Thurs- day night at Santa Gertrudes and ; again was defeated. Villa left sever- ! al dead and wounded bandits on the ; field, and Gen. Gavira says one hun- i dred horses were captured from him â-  by the Carranzistas. From Santa ' Gertrudes Villa fled to El Oso, where | he was reported to be reorganizing his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a ranch settlement in the Guerrero dis- trict not far from Namiquipa. LATEST PEACE 'rERMS I CREDITED TO KAISER j A despatch from Paris says: It is reported here that the Berlin banker, Herr von Bleischroeder, has informed German-American bankers that the Kai.ser is prepared to discuss peace on the basis of the cession of Alsace- ; I Lorraine to France in exchange for one of her colonies, such as Mada- ' ;;ascar; Russia to have Constaninople, ' with n protectorate over Turkey in exchange for Poland, which Germany j and Austria would divide. No war I indemnity is mentioned in the al Icged proposals. ITALIAN COMMANDER ARRIVES IN LONDON Receives Great Reception from Pub- lic of British Capital. j A despatch from London says: Gen- eral Count Cadorna, chief of the Ital- ian general staff, who left Italy to attend the military and political con- ference of the Entente nations at Paris arrived in London on Wednes- day from the French capital. Gen. Cadorna was met at the station by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British War Secretary. An immense throng of people, English and Italian,! greeted Gen. Cadorna enthusiastically. ^ RUSSIA CONSERVING HER MEAT SUPPLIES A despatch from London says: The Russian Minister of Agriculture will shortly introduce a bill in the Duma prohibiting throughout Russia the killing of live stock on Tuesdays and Thursdays and fixing tho number of cattle that may be slaughtered on other days, says a Renter despatch from Petrograd. The bill will pro- vide for prohibition upon the sale of all kinds of meat in markets, restaur- ants and hotels on Wednesdays and Fridays and for the closing of butcher shops on those days. Desperate Battle is Raging in the Dvinsk Region â€" Many Prisoners Taken A despatch from London says: The Russian offensive in the Dvinsk region is rapidly developing, a desperate battle is raging to the southward of Dvinsk, according to the Perograd official report, while north-west of Lake Vargunek General Kuropakin's forces, after having repulsed several counter-attacks, are advancing. Very violent hand-to-hand fighting took place all of Wednesday night in the region north of the town of Widsy and north-westward of Lake Sekly. De- spite the heavy German fire, the Rus- sian troops by a strong forward drive forced all the adversary's lines and barracades in the sector of Olipa and repulsed counter-attacks. Raiding parties which ad passed the Dvina captured an enemy machine gun in the Jrtcogstadt section. Although strongly defended and thickly surrounded by wire entagle- ments, the Germans were dislodged from the woods in the vicinity of Bliznik and Mokritz. In four days' fighting the Russians took over 1,400 prisoners and cap- tured 18 machine guns, 2() field mor- tars, 10 trench mortars, two mine- throwers, a howitzer, and carloads of grenades, bombs and shells. Recapture of the important railway city of Vilna from the Germans is one of the chief objective.? of the great drive which has been commenced by the Russians. Vilna lies in the centre of a network of railroads, -.nd its loss would le a serious blow to Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg. BIG GERMAN STEAMER DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS A despatch from London says: The sinking by a Russian warship of the steamship Esperanza off Kali Akra, in the Black Sea, off the Roumanian coast is reported in a Reuter despatch filed at Bucharest on Sunday. The E-'peranza, a 7,000-ton vessel flying the German flag is said to have been loaded with foodstuffs for Constan- tinople. The crew was captured by the Russians. The despatch also re- ports the sinking of a score of small sailing ships with cargoes of food. EXPLOSION KILLS 12 IN GERMAN COLLIERY A despatch from London says: {Twenty persons have been killed in I an explosion in the Preussen colliery, near Milchowitz, Silesia, says a des- patch to the Central News from Am- sterdam. United Stales Markets. Minneapolia, Mar. 28. â€" Wheat â€" May, ?1.10V^; July, $1.10%; No. 1 hard, $1.16'^; No. 1 Northern, $1.11 lo $1.18»/4. Cornâ€" No. 3 yellow, 75 to 7fie. Oatsâ€" No. 3 white, 19',i to 40^ic. Flour â€" Ten cents higher; fancy patent>s, $(i.20; first clears, $4.50; other grades unchanged; ship- ments, 60,103 barrels. Bran -$17.50 to $18.50. Duluth, Mar. 28.â€" Wheat -Nn. 1 hard, $1.12%; No. 1 Nortlicrn, TURK POST ON THE TIGRIS CAI'TURED A despatch from I,ondon says: "Onr forces on the right bank of the Tigris seized a small Turkish post at Fala- hiyen by a surprise attack on the night of March 15-16. Our casual- ties wore four. On March 21 Gen. Townshend reported his camp at Kut- el-Amara bombarded by enemy air- craft and guns at intervals on March 21-2R. His casualties were slight. The general situation ia unchanged. MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN THE CAUCASUS A despatch from Petrograd says: In the region of the Upper Tchoruk Riv- ! cr, in the Caucasus region, Russian , detachments are making good pro- , grests, dislodging the Turks from I heights which wore defended by se- I veral super-imposed lines of trenches. ; Russian troops abo have advanced j considerably in the region south-east- \vard ef Bitlia, in the Lake Van re- I gion of Asiatic Turkej . TURCO-BULGARIAN PEACE MISSION REACHES ROME A Central News Despatch to Lon- don from Berne says that two Turkish and two Bulgarian agents have arriv- ed there to start peace negotiations. The Bulgarians requested safe con- duct, and will proceed to Rome. ONTARIO . .-v-»-..-*!t^i^*.-'* GOVERNMENT PROHIBITION MEASURE Bill Effective Without Vote of Electors, But Provis- ion A\ade for Referendum at End of War. ' Main Features of the Bill. Prohibition will go into effect in Septemberâ€" probably on September 15 â€" by direct legislation. All licenses, with a few exceptions, will be extended after May 1st until date fixed, upon payment of nominal fee of $5 or $10. Referendum will be taken after war and a considerable time after return of soldiers. New Ontario Temperance Act fol- lows Manitoba Act except for incor- poration of improvements taken from Ontario License Act. Wholesale druggists will be licensed to sell in wholesale quantities for scientific and mechanical purposes, up- ' on production of affidavit as to use to which liquor will bo devoted. I Retail licenses will be issued per- 'Tnitting sale to individuals upon a doctor's prescription, and to a doctor not more than a pint at a time or a veterinary not more than two gallons at a time. Ontario License" Board will be re- constituted with membership of three, and charged with administration of new laws. Bill not to interfere with importa- tion of li(iuors for private use or keep- infr it in the home. Heavy lines ranging up to $1,000 and sentences up to eight months are provided for infractions of the law. ^â- :< â-  \